Natural hazards · Ravenna

Ravenna, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ravenna comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1978. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ravenna?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ravenna to be higher than in 92% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding81%Tornadoes5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Ravenna faces

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

Inland flooding

81% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 56 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Ravenna flood?

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

4paid claims since 1978

$59Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

February Kentucky Flooding: 1 claim, $7K
Not a named storm: 1 claim, $1K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Estill County.

Disasters that hit Ravenna

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RavennaDeclared for Estill County only

2025

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

19 households applied for aid $180K aid approved

2021

Severe, Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

31 households applied for aid $271K aid approved

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Tornadoes

21 households applied for aid $30K aid approved

2009

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$1K to the City of Ravenna for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Mudslides

32 households applied for aid $26K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mud and Rock Slides, and Tornadoes

31 households applied for aid $43K aid approved

2003

Severe Winter Ice and Snow Storms, Heavy Rain, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Mud and

17 households applied for aid $50K aid approved

Estill County has had 34 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. Ravenna 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 Ravenna’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Ravenna. 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.