Natural hazards · Edmonton

Edmonton, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Edmonton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1982. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Edmonton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Edmonton to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes15%Cold waves11%Hail7%Strong wind6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Edmonton faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce 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 Edmonton flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Edmonton, from FEMA’s records.

5paid claims since 1982

$22Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19822026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Metcalfe County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

10storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Edmonton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EdmontonDeclared for Metcalfe County only

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Tornadoes

65 households applied for aid $162K aid approved

Metcalfe County has had 27 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. Edmonton 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 Edmonton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Edmonton. 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.