Natural hazards · Buckhorn

Buckhorn, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Buckhorn comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2022. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Buckhorn?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Buckhorn to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding82%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Buckhorn faces

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

Inland flooding

82% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Buckhorn flood?

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

1paid claims since 2022

$700Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20222026

Biggest named events

Late July Flooding: 1 claim, $700K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Perry County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Buckhorn

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BuckhornDeclared for Perry County only

2025

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

10 households applied for aid $70K aid approved $12K to the City of Buckhorn for repairs

2022

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

148 households applied for aid $1.0M aid approved $352K to the City of Buckhorn for repairs

2021

Severe, Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

7 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2015

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

1 household applied for aid $414 aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Mudslides

13 households applied for aid $12K aid approved $8K to the City of Buckhorn for repairs

2003

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

15 households applied for aid $14K aid approved $13K to the City of Buckhorn for repairs

2003

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

2 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

Perry County has had 40 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. Buckhorn 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 Buckhorn’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Buckhorn. 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.