Natural hazards · Hillview

Hillview, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hillview comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2023. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hillview?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hillview to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding32%Tornadoes30%Cold waves18%Strong wind10%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Hillview faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

30% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Hillview flood?

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

1paid claims since 2023

$34Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20232026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bullitt County.

Disasters that hit Hillview

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HillviewDeclared for Bullitt County only

2023

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

$24K to the City of Hillview for repairs

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$18K to the City of Hillview for repairs

2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$11K to the City of Hillview for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$46K to the City of Hillview for repairs

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$37K to the City of Hillview for repairs

Bullitt County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Hillview

Hillview and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fox Chasemostly inland floodingHigh

Brooksmostly inland floodingHigh

Pioneer Villagemostly inland floodingModerate

Hunters Hollowmostly inland floodingModerate

Hillviewmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Hillview covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hillview’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hillview. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Hillview total about $4.1M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.