Natural hazards · Perryville

Perryville, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Perryville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1984. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Perryville?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Perryville to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding60%Tornadoes18%Strong wind8%Cold waves6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Perryville faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 23 years in the area

Strong wind

8% 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

Below average · higher than 48% 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 Perryville flood?

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

5paid claims since 1984

$18Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19842026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Boyle County.

Disasters that hit Perryville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PerryvilleDeclared for Boyle County only

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Boyle County has had 19 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. Perryville 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 Perryville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Perryville. 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.