Jackson County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Jackson County: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Mapped landslides

Mapped by KY GS (187).

1. Landslides mapped in the USGS compilation of landslide inventories across the United States (version 3.0, 2025), rated probable or better. The compilation joins inventories made by federal and state agencies for different purposes and areas, so the number mapped in a county reflects how closely it has been surveyed as much as how often its slopes fail. An area with few records may simply not have been mapped. Deaths are as recorded in the inventories; a slide listed in two inventories is counted once.

USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0, retrieved October 27, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Jul 14, 2000Tornado$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Many structures received damage in the town of Annville. Four homes were destroyed and termed totaled. The tornado blew a tied down mobile home off its foundation then down a hill. A 38 year old female that was inside received serious injuries, the family pet was killed. Several other mobile homes were moved off their foundations 2 to 3 feet and one lost the roof. Several bricked and framed homes received moderate roof damage and two homes had their garages blown away. The green roof cafe received serious damage as 13 customers and employees took refuge in the bathrooms. Numerous trees were also uprooted in the path. Approximately 85 percent of all occupants impacted by the storm…

2. Aug 4, 2003Flash Flood$150,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   People were evacuated at a motel and two trailers were moved off of their foundations due to high water in McKee. Four bridges were damaged and numerous automobiles were swept away. One car was washed down a creek, behind the Jackson County Courthouse. One family fled their home up to an embankment as flood waters quickly overtook them. One family member commented "I never saw the water come up as fast in my life". Three feet of water covered roads in McKee and Gray Hawk. Trees were washed away near Pigeon Roost.

3. Jan 29, 2008Thunderstorm Wind$70,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Approximately 50 trees were blown down in District 2, or the southern portion of Jackson County. A roof was blown off a barn on Highway 2002. A tree was blown onto a house in Anville. All damage was caused by wind gusts estimated at 67 mph.

4. May 19, 2020Flood$35,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Low lying flooding occurred south and west of McKee, resulting in two water rescues as motorists became stranded in flood waters on and just off of Kentucky Highway 89.

5. Mar 28, 1997Hail$30,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The roof of a greenhouse was shattered.

6. Feb 29, 2012Flash Flood$30,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A temporary bridge and a portion of Jones Hollow Road were washed out in Sandgap.

7. Apr 5, 2009Thunderstorm Wind$30,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Two large trees were down on Hwy 89N. Trees and large limbs were also downed across the county on Hwys 1955, 30W, 577, and 578.

8. May 2, 2002Flash Flood$25,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rains caused numerous roads to flood across Jackson County. Some locations affected by the flooding included Peoples and Annville. Four miles west of Annville, a low water bridge was washed out by flood waters.

9. Jul 18, 2007Thunderstorm Wind$25,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Numerous trees down along Highway 421 between McKee and Gray Hawk.

10. Jun 18, 2009Thunderstorm Wind$25,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Trees were down throughout the northern portion of the county.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

105°FJun 29, 2012

All-time low

−25°FJan 19, 1994

Warmest night

77°FJun 8, 1994

Coldest day

0°FJan 8, 1970

Wettest day

4.78 inOct 1, 1977

Snowiest day

15.0 inMar 9, 1960

Hottest year

2007mean 59.1°F

Coldest year

1960mean 52.5°F

Wettest year

200466.82 in

Driest year

200732.98 in

Snowiest season

63.9 in1959-60

Station London Corbin Airport (USW00003849), 1,181 ft elevation, 21.9 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1954 to October 26, 2026; 99.5% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USW00003849.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Landslides USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0 (2025).
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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