Natural hazards · Doe Valley

Doe Valley, KY natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Doe Valley?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Doe Valley to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding35%Tornadoes31%Strong wind12%Cold waves9%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Doe Valley faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

31% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 73 years in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Doe Valley flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Meade County.

Disasters that hit Doe Valley

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Doe ValleyDeclared for Meade County only

Meade County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

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. Doe Valley 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 Doe Valley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Doe Valley. 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.