Natural hazards · Symsonia

Symsonia, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Symsonia comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Symsonia?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Symsonia to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes54%Inland flooding18%Cold waves7%Tornadoes5%Strong wind5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Symsonia faces

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

Earthquakes

54% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Symsonia flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Graves County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Symsonia

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SymsoniaDeclared for Graves County only

2025

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

7 households applied for aid $86K aid approved

2021

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

18 households applied for aid

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

32 households applied for aid $200K aid approved

Graves County has had 18 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. Symsonia 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 Symsonia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Symsonia. 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.