Natural hazards · Mount Olivet

Mount Olivet, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mount Olivet comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Mount Olivet?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mount Olivet to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding56%Tornadoes16%Strong wind11%Cold waves6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Mount Olivet faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once 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 Mount Olivet flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Robertson County.

Disasters that hit Mount Olivet

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Mount OlivetDeclared for Robertson County only

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

Robertson County has had 20 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. Mount Olivet 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 Mount Olivet’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Mount Olivet. 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.