Natural hazards · Rockport

Rockport, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rockport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rockport?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rockport to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding35%Earthquakes29%Tornadoes10%Strong wind7%Hail6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Rockport faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

29% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Rockport flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ohio County.

Disasters that hit Rockport

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RockportDeclared for Ohio County only

2025

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

3 households applied for aid

2012

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

Ohio County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Rockport 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 Rockport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Rockport. 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.