Natural hazards · Kenton Vale

Kenton Vale, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kenton Vale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kenton Vale?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kenton Vale to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding36%Cold waves22%Tornadoes19%Strong wind9%Heat waves6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Kenton Vale faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Kenton Vale flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kenton County.

Disasters that hit Kenton Vale

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Kenton County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Kenton Vale itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Kenton ValeDeclared for Kenton County only

Kenton County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Kenton Vale

Kenton Vale and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Covingtonmostly inland floodingHigh

Kenton Valemostly inland floodingHigh

Fort Wrightmostly inland floodingLow

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. Kenton Vale 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 Kenton Vale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Kenton Vale. 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.