Natural hazards · Artemus

Artemus, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Artemus comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Artemus?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Artemus to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves43%Inland flooding37%Tornadoes6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Artemus faces

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

Cold waves

43% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Artemus flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Artemus.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Knox County.

Disasters that hit Artemus

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ArtemusDeclared for Knox County only

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mud and Rock Slides, and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2003

Severe Winter Ice and Snow Storms, Heavy Rain, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Mud and

4 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

Knox County has had 34 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Artemus 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 Artemus’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Artemus. 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.