Natural hazards · Eddyville

Eddyville, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eddyville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Eddyville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eddyville to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding24%Earthquakes20%Strong wind17%Tornadoes15%Ice storms8%Cold waves7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Eddyville faces

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

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Strong wind

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 30 years in the area

Ice storms

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter 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 Eddyville flood?

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Eddyville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EddyvilleDeclared for Lyon County only

2021

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

144 households applied for aid $127K aid approved

Lyon County has had 18 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. Eddyville 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 Eddyville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Eddyville. 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.