Natural hazards · Walton

Walton, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Walton comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Walton?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Walton to be higher than in 6% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and cold waves.

Tornadoes31%Cold waves26%Inland flooding23%Strong wind9%Earthquakes6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Walton faces

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

Tornadoes

31% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Cold waves

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 2% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

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 Walton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Boone County.

Disasters that hit Walton

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Boone County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Walton itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into WaltonDeclared for Boone County only

Boone County has had 11 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. Walton 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 Walton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Walton. 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.