Natural hazards · Hanson

Hanson, KY natural hazards

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

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hanson to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding42%Earthquakes16%Tornadoes11%Strong wind8%Drought7%Ice storms6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Hanson 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

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Hanson flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hopkins County.

Disasters that hit Hanson

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HansonDeclared for Hopkins County only

2025

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

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

2024

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

1 household applied for aid

2021

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

49 households applied for aid

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

Hopkins County has had 25 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. Hanson 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 Hanson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hanson. 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.