Natural hazards · Corinth

Corinth, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Corinth comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Corinth?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Corinth to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes28%Strong wind9%Cold waves9%Lightning5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Corinth faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

28% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 34 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslides

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Corinth flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Grant County.

Disasters that hit Corinth

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CorinthDeclared for Grant County only

2019

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

$180K to the City of Corinth for repairs

2012

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

Grant County has had 16 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. Corinth 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 Corinth’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Corinth. 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.