Natural hazards · Vicco

Vicco, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vicco comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2003. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Vicco?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vicco to be higher than in 93% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding89%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Vicco faces

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

Inland flooding

89% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 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 Vicco flood?

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

4paid claims since 2003

$56Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20032026

Biggest named events

February Kentucky Flooding: 1 claim, $44K
Heavy rains: 1 claim, $643
Late July Flooding: 1 claim, $6K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Perry County.

Disasters that hit Vicco

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ViccoDeclared for Perry County only

2025

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

28 households applied for aid $222K aid approved

2022

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

98 households applied for aid $546K aid approved

2021

Severe, Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

3 households applied for aid

2015

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

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Mudslides

18 households applied for aid $15K aid approved $2K to the City of Vicco for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mud and Rock Slides, and Tornadoes

27 households applied for aid $32K aid approved

2003

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

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2001

Severe Storms and Flooding

$18K to the City of Vicco for repairs

Perry County has had 40 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. Vicco 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 Vicco’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Vicco. 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.