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Greenville, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greenville comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Greenville?

56
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Greenville to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes26%Inland flooding25%Tornadoes9%Hail8%Cold waves8%Ice storms8%Everything else17%
By hazard

What Greenville faces

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

Earthquakes

26% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Hail

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

8% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Greenville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Greenville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Muhlenberg County.
Disasters that hit Greenville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreenvilleDeclared for Muhlenberg County only
2025

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

8 households applied for aid $51K aid approved
2024

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

40 households applied for aid $164K aid approved
2021

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

210 households applied for aid
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and

42 households applied for aid $78K aid approved
Muhlenberg County has had 19 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. Greenville 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 Greenville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Greenville. 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.

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