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Disaster risk in Memphis

Memphis ranks T#103 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 23 — Quiet. That puts it in the 24th percentile nationally and #3 of 3 in Tennessee.

resilience score
23
Quiet
National rank
T#103 of 134
In Tennessee
#3 of 3
Percentile
24th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Memphis sits 27 points below the median.

How disaster risk is measured

Exposure to natural hazards and severe events.

The resilience score is the flip side of our disaster risk measure — 100 minus the raw disaster risk score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data source: FEMA National Risk Index.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Memphis

  1. T#100 Fort Worth, TX 25
  2. #102 Fresno, CA 24
  3. T#103 Memphis, TN — this page 23
  4. #105 San Francisco, CA 22
  5. T#106 Henderson, NV 20

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Top US cities for low disaster risk

  1. #1 Stowe, VT 100
  2. #2 Telluride, CO 99
  3. T#3 Aspen, CO 98
  4. T#3 Virginia Beach, VA 98
  5. #5 Park City, UT 97

More about Memphis

Memphis scores 14 overall (Quiet) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: