Natural hazards · Ekron

Ekron, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ekron comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ekron?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ekron to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes26%Strong wind11%Cold waves8%Earthquakes5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Ekron faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 25 years in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter 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 Ekron flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Ekron 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 Ekron

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EkronDeclared for Meade County only

2025

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

7 households applied for aid $83K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and

5 households applied for aid

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mud and Rock Slides, and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

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