Natural hazards · Lebanon Junction

Lebanon Junction, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lebanon Junction comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 66 claims here since 1978. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lebanon Junction?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lebanon Junction to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding57%Tornadoes18%Cold waves11%Strong wind7%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Lebanon Junction faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Lebanon Junction flood?

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

66paid claims since 1978

$1.5Mpaid to owners

6homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Central U.S. April Flooding: 7 claims, $516K
Not a named storm: 1 claim, $9K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Lebanon Junction 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

24flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Lebanon Junction

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Lebanon JunctionDeclared for Bullitt County only

2025

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

63 households applied for aid $493K aid approved $95K to the City of Lebanon Junction for repairs

2018

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$15K to the City of Lebanon Junction for repairs

2015

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

$10K to the City of Lebanon Junction for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$32K to the City of Lebanon Junction for repairs

2008

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike

$5K to the City of Lebanon Junction for repairs

Bullitt County has had 23 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. Lebanon Junction 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 Lebanon Junction’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Lebanon Junction. 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.