Natural hazards · Bradfordsville

Bradfordsville, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bradfordsville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2010. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bradfordsville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bradfordsville to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Tornadoes13%Cold waves6%Strong wind6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Bradfordsville faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Bradfordsville flood?

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

1paid claims since 2010

$32Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20102026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marion County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Bradfordsville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BradfordsvilleDeclared for Marion County only

2021

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid $480 aid approved

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Tornadoes

30 households applied for aid $198K aid approved

Marion County has had 20 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. Bradfordsville 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 Bradfordsville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Bradfordsville. 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.