Photo: Stickman42 · CC BY-SA 4.0Prince's Lakes’s building-damage rate from tornadoes is in the top 3% of U.S. census tracts
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Prince's Lakes gets a B for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 58% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (67%), then tornadoes (22%). FEMA’s files show no paid flood insurance claims here.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What Prince's Lakes faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Tornadoes
Earthquakes
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
What’s behind Prince's Lakes’ grade
River and rain flooding is 67% of the building damage FEMA expects in Prince's Lakes, and Prince's Lakes’ rate of river and rain flooding damage is lower than 54% of U.S. census tracts. Tornadoes add 22%, at a rate in the top 3% of U.S. census tracts.
B lower expected damage per building than 58% of U.S. towns (21,298).
All of Prince's Lakes’ residents live in one census tract; the figures are that tract’s.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $459K a year in losses across Prince's Lakes: $353K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Prince's Lakes flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Prince's Lakes. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Prince's Lakes isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Johnson County.4 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Prince's Lakes
Disasters that paid out in Prince's Lakes itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Town of Prince's Lakes), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2014Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm$3K to the Town of Prince's Lakes for repairs
- 2008Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes$83K to the Town of Prince's Lakes for repairs
- 2004Snow$3K to the Town of Prince's Lakes for repairs
- 1999In-winter Storm 12/23/98$4K to the Town of Prince's Lakes for repairs
Johnson County has had 13 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then winter storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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Prince's Lakes has the lowest expected damage per building of the 3 graded towns here. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prince's Lakes | Bless damage than 58% | river and rain flooding | 0 |
| Nineveh Township | Bless damage than 58% | river and rain flooding | 5 |
| Hamblen Township | B−more damage than 52% | river and rain flooding | 46 |
| Nineveh | — | 559 residents; we grade 1,000+ | |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Prince's Lakes faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap tall furniture and the water heater to the wall.
- Know how to shut off the gas.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Questions about natural hazards in Prince's Lakes
Is Prince's Lakes at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Prince's Lakes has lower expected damage per building than 58% of U.S. towns: B for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (67%) and tornadoes (22%). The figures are for the one census tract the town shares with its neighbors. This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Prince's Lakes in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Johnson County, 18% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.7% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Prince's Lakes?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Prince's Lakes’ flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Prince's Lakes?
By FEMA money that reached Prince's Lakes, Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes (2008): $83K to the Town of Prince's Lakes for repairs.
Is Prince's Lakes at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (67%), and Prince's Lakes’ rate for it is lower than 54% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Prince's Lakes.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Prince's Lakes’ residents lived in the 2020 census; OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.