Natural hazards · Uniontown

Uniontown, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Uniontown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2011. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Uniontown?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding41%Earthquakes27%Drought7%Strong wind7%Tornadoes5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Uniontown faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

27% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Uniontown flood?

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

1paid claims since 2011

$3Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20112026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $3K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Union County.

Disasters that hit Uniontown

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into UniontownDeclared for Union County only

2025

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

10 households applied for aid $29K aid approved

2024

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

9 households applied for aid $54K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

17 households applied for aid $151K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

Union County has had 24 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. Uniontown 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 Uniontown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Uniontown. 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.