Natural hazards · Salvisa

Salvisa, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Salvisa comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Salvisa?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Salvisa to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding55%Tornadoes20%Strong wind9%Cold waves6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Salvisa faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% 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 Salvisa flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mercer County.

Disasters that hit Salvisa

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SalvisaDeclared for Mercer County only

2025

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

23 households applied for aid $308K aid approved

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Tornadoes

16 households applied for aid $115K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and

5 households applied for aid

2003

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

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

Mercer County has had 23 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. Salvisa 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 Salvisa’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Salvisa. 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.