Natural hazards · South Williamson

South Williamson, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in South Williamson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is South Williamson?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in South Williamson to be higher than in 88% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding88%Everything else12%

By hazard

What South Williamson faces

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

Inland flooding

88% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 South Williamson flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pike County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit South Williamson

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into South WilliamsonDeclared for Pike County only

2025

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

54 households applied for aid $386K aid approved

2022

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

7 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding and Mudslides

9 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Mudslides

3 households applied for aid $359 aid approved

2003

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

1 household applied for aid

Pike County has had 43 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. South Williamson 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 South Williamson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to South Williamson. 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.