Natural hazards · Stamping Ground

Stamping Ground, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stamping Ground comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low 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 Stamping Ground?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stamping Ground to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding44%Tornadoes24%Strong wind14%Cold waves6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Stamping Ground faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 38 years in the area

Strong wind

14% 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 61% 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 Stamping Ground flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Scott County.

Disasters that hit Stamping Ground

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Stamping GroundDeclared for Scott County only

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

2009

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$6K to the City of Stamping Ground for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Mudslides

4 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2003

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

$2K to the City of Stamping Ground for repairs

Scott County has had 13 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. Stamping Ground 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 Stamping Ground’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Stamping Ground. 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.