Natural hazards · North Corbin

North Corbin, KY natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is North Corbin?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in North Corbin to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding42%Cold waves18%Tornadoes16%Hail8%Everything else17%

By hazard

What North Corbin faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 North Corbin flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Laurel County.

Disasters that hit North Corbin

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into North CorbinDeclared for Laurel County only

Laurel County has had 24 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. North Corbin 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 North Corbin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to North Corbin. 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.