Natural hazards · Arlington

Arlington, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Arlington comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2023. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Arlington?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Arlington to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes.

Earthquakes49%Inland flooding12%Drought8%Ice storms7%Cold waves7%Tornadoes7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Arlington faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Earthquakes

49% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 20 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Arlington flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Arlington, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 2023

$13Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20232026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Arlington isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Carlisle County.

Disasters that hit Arlington

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Arlington itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Arlington.

Brought FEMA money into ArlingtonDeclared for Carlisle County only

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

Carlisle County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Arlington is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Arlington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Arlington. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); 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. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.

Arlington, KY natural hazards

How exposed is Arlington?

What Arlington faces

Earthquakes

Inland flooding

Drought

Ice storms

Cold waves

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Arlington flood?

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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