Natural hazards · New Hope

New Hope, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Hope comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very 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 New Hope?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Hope to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Tornadoes8%Strong wind6%Cold waves5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What New Hope faces

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

Inland flooding

74% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 21 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% 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 New Hope flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Nelson County.

Disasters that hit New Hope

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in New Hope itself: aid to households, or repair grants to New Hope.

Brought FEMA money into New HopeDeclared for Nelson County only

2025

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

2 households applied for aid $19K aid approved

Nelson County has had 21 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. New Hope 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 New Hope’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to New Hope. 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.