Natural hazards · Hyden

Hyden, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hyden comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1989. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hyden?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hyden to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Cold waves7%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Hyden faces

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

Inland flooding

78% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Hyden flood?

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

2paid claims since 1989

$36Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19892026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Leslie County.

Disasters that hit Hyden

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HydenDeclared for Leslie County only

2025

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

143 households applied for aid $1.0M aid approved

2022

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

106 households applied for aid $256K aid approved

2021

Severe, Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

15 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

2015

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

101 households applied for aid $112K aid approved

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Tornadoes

8 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Mudslides

75 households applied for aid $76K aid approved

2003

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

66 households applied for aid $77K aid approved

2003

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

23 households applied for aid $39K aid approved

Leslie County has had 34 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. Hyden 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 Hyden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hyden. 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.