Natural hazards · Hazel Green

Hazel Green, KY natural hazards

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

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hazel Green to be higher than in 96% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding83%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Hazel Green faces

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

Inland flooding

83% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Hazel Green flood?

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

Disasters that hit Hazel Green

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Hazel Green itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Hazel Green.

Brought FEMA money into Hazel GreenDeclared for Wolfe County only

2021

Severe, Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

2012

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

85 households applied for aid $17K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Mudslides

26 households applied for aid $31K aid approved

2003

Severe Winter Ice and Snow Storms, Heavy Rain, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Mud and

2 households applied for aid $625 aid approved

Wolfe County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Hazel Green 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 Hazel Green’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Hazel Green. 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.