Natural hazards · Auxier

Auxier, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Auxier comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Auxier?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Auxier to be higher than in 98% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding91%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Auxier faces

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

Inland flooding

91% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Auxier flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Floyd County.

Disasters that hit Auxier

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AuxierDeclared for Floyd County only

2025

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

25 households applied for aid $207K aid approved

2022

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

9 households applied for aid

2021

Severe, Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

8 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Mudslides

30 households applied for aid $56K aid approved

2003

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

1 household applied for aid

2003

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

6 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

Floyd County has had 43 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. Auxier 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 Auxier’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Auxier. 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.