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Disaster risk in Nashville

Nashville ranks #62 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 54 — Fun. That puts it in the 54th percentile nationally and #2 of 3 in Tennessee.

resilience score
54
Fun
National rank
#62 of 134
In Tennessee
#2 of 3
Percentile
54th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Nashville sits 4 points above 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 Nashville

  1. T#59 Little Rock, AR 56
  2. #61 Hilton Head Island, SC 55
  3. #62 Nashville, TN — this page 54
  4. T#63 Jacksonville, FL 53
  5. T#63 Jersey City, NJ 53

See the full leaderboard — Cities at the lowest disaster risk →

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 Nashville

Nashville scores 60 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: