Natural hazards · Caneyville

Caneyville, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Caneyville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2025. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Caneyville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Caneyville to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding48%Tornadoes17%Strong wind8%Hail8%Cold waves6%Earthquakes5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Caneyville faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Caneyville flood?

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

1paid claims since 2025

$105Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20252026

Biggest named events

Central U.S. April Flooding: 1 claim, $105K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Grayson County.

Disasters that hit Caneyville

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CaneyvilleDeclared for Grayson County only

2025

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

10 households applied for aid $34K aid approved $84K to the City of Caneyville for repairs

2012

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Tornadoes

$10K to the City of Caneyville for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$17K to the City of Caneyville for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and

$4K to the City of Caneyville for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Mudslides

7 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

2003

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

$6K to the City of Caneyville for repairs

Grayson County has had 26 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. Caneyville 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 Caneyville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Caneyville. 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.