Natural hazards · Campton

Campton, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Campton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Campton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Campton to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding66%Cold waves7%Strong wind7%Tornadoes6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Campton faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 39 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningAvalanches

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 Campton flood?

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Campton

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CamptonDeclared for Wolfe County only

2025

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

3 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2022

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

14 households applied for aid $119K aid approved $12K to the City of Campton for repairs

2021

Severe, Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

11 households applied for aid $39K aid approved

2015

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

13 households applied for aid $53K aid approved

2015

Severe Winter Storms, Snowstorms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$7K to the City of Campton for repairs

2012

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

731 households applied for aid $350K aid approved $2K to the City of Campton for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Tornadoes

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2009

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$12K to the City of Campton for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Mudslides

50 households applied for aid $60K aid approved

2003

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

1 household applied for aid

Wolfe County has had 30 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. Campton 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 Campton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Campton. 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.