Natural hazards · Crayne

Crayne, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Crayne comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Crayne?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Crayne to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding44%Earthquakes13%Tornadoes10%Strong wind9%Drought8%Ice storms6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Crayne faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Crayne flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Crittenden County.

Disasters that hit Crayne

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Crittenden County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Crayne itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into CrayneDeclared for Crittenden County only

Crittenden County has had 24 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. Crayne 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 Crayne’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Crayne. 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.