2 flood insurance claims·$104,515 paid·1 federal flood & hurricane disasters
Share of the whole county outline, rivers and lakes included; parts FEMA hasn’t mapped count as zero.
Shaded areas are FEMA’s mapped flood hazard zones in and around Pickett County, Tennessee. Zoomed out they are simplified; at street level the map switches to FEMA’s exact layer. Tap anywhere to check that spot, or search an address above.
2 NOAA storm reports from Pickett County describe what happened, in the words of the forecasters who covered it. Read the Tennessee flood stories →
21 federal disaster declarations since 1974, 1 of them floods, coastal storms or hurricanes.
| Disaster | Began |
|---|---|
| Severe Winter Storm | Jan 22, 2026 |
| Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding | Apr 2, 2025 |
| Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, And Tornado | Mar 1, 2023 |
| Severe Winter Storms | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Severe Winter Storm And Flooding | Feb 15, 2015 |
| Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Associated Flooding | Apr 25, 2011 |
| Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding | Feb 28, 2011 |
| Severe Storms And Flooding | Aug 17, 2010 |
Weather and water disasters only; most recent first. Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations.
8 since 1996: 6 flash floods and 2 river or area floods.
| Event | Date | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | Feb 5, 2020 | $25,000 |
| Flood | Feb 23, 2019 | — |
| Flash Flood | Nov 30, 2004 | $1,000 |
| Flash Flood | Jul 31, 2003 | — |
| Flash Flood | Mar 19, 2003 | — |
| Flood | Feb 15, 2003 | — |
| Flash Flood | Aug 3, 2003 | $100,000 |
| Flash Flood | Jun 26, 2001 | — |
— = no damage estimate in the record. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Flash Flood · Feb 5, 2020. After an unusually wet January, another strong storm system brought more heavy rainfall, flooding, and severe storms to parts of Middle Tennessee on February 5th. A line of strong to severe thunderstorms known as a QLCS (Quasi-linear Convective System) developed in northern Mississippi and moved across southern and eastern Middle Tennessee during the afternoon and evening hours. These storms spawned 6 weak tornado…
Flood · Feb 23, 2019. A stationary frontal boundary stalled near the Tennessee Valley for nearly a week in mid to late February 2019. Persistent southwest flow aloft brought copious amounts of Gulf of Mexico moisture northward and interacted with this boundary for many days, causing a prolonged period of heavy rain and flooding throughout Middle Tennessee from Tuesday, February 19 through early Sunday, February 24. Due to the heavy rai…
Flood · Feb 15, 2003. Flooding on the Elk River caused many roads to flood due to heavy rains. Two children were killed when a Nissan 300 ZX sedan, which was driven by the aunt, was swept off a bridge going over the Elk River on Veto Rd. or about 6.5 miles southwest of Elkton, in Giles county around 630 PM CST. She had driven around a high water barricade. The aunt was found and rescued 3 hours later, clinging to a tree, but the childr…
National Weather Service narratives, lightly trimmed. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Every colour on the map above is a place on this drawing: where the ground sits relative to the flood FEMA plans for.
If a building in Pickett County is in a high-risk zone (A or V) and its mortgage comes from a federally regulated or insured lender, or is federally backed, flood insurance is required.
Outside those zones it is optional, and often worth having: from 2014 to 2024 nearly one-third of NFIP claims came from outside the high-risk Special Flood Hazard Area. Since Risk Rating 2.0, NFIP premiums are set for each building, so the only reliable price is a quote: FloodSmart.gov or a local agent.