Natural hazards · Crittenden

Crittenden, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Crittenden comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is very 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 Crittenden?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Crittenden to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes38%Inland flooding23%Strong wind13%Cold waves11%Lightning6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Crittenden faces

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

Tornadoes

38% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lightning

6% 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 Crittenden flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Crittenden 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 Crittenden

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CrittendenDeclared for Grant County only

2012

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

219 households applied for aid $390K aid approved

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. Crittenden 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 Crittenden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Crittenden. 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.