Natural hazards · Waverly

Waverly, KY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Waverly comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Waverly?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Waverly to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes35%Inland flooding23%Strong wind9%Drought8%Tornadoes7%Heat waves6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Waverly faces

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

Earthquakes

35% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold 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 Waverly flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Waverly 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 Waverly

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WaverlyDeclared for Union County only

2025

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid

2024

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

2 households applied for aid

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $782 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. Waverly 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 Waverly’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Waverly. 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.