Natural hazards · Buckner

Buckner, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Buckner comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Buckner?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Buckner to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding39%Tornadoes34%Strong wind12%Cold waves6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Buckner faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

34% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 69 years in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once 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 Buckner flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Oldham County.

Disasters that hit Buckner

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BucknerDeclared for Oldham County only

2025

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

1 household applied for aid

Oldham County has had 15 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. Buckner 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 Buckner’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Buckner. 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.