Natural hazards · Stanton

Stanton, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stanton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 14 claims here since 1978. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Stanton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stanton to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Strong wind13%Tornadoes9%Cold waves6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Stanton faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 50 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDroughtAvalanches

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 Stanton flood?

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

14paid claims since 1978

$347Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Heavy rains: 5 claims, $99K
Central U.S. April Flooding: 1 claim, $48K
Not a named storm: 1 claim, $21K

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. Stanton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Powell County.

Disasters that hit Stanton

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StantonDeclared for Powell County only

2025

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

29 households applied for aid $227K aid approved

2021

Severe, Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

20 households applied for aid $52K aid approved

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Tornadoes

31 households applied for aid $104K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Mudslides

93 households applied for aid $114K aid approved

2003

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

11 households applied for aid $34K aid approved

Powell County has had 31 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. Stanton 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 Stanton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Stanton. 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.