Natural hazards · Paducah

Paducah, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Paducah comes from drought, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Paducah?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Paducah to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought.

Drought74%Hail7%Strong wind6%Inland flooding6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Paducah faces

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

Drought

74% of expected damage

Recorded about 119 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 11% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Paducah flood?

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

Disasters that hit Paducah

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PaducahDeclared for Cottle County only

2010

Hurricane Alex

$4K to the Town of Paducah for repairs

Cottle County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and fires.

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. Paducah 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 Paducah’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Paducah. 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.