Natural hazards · Mackville

Mackville, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mackville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mackville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mackville to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding50%Tornadoes21%Strong wind9%Cold waves6%Hail5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Mackville faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce 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 Mackville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Mackville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MackvilleDeclared for Washington County only

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid

Washington County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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