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Floods in Kentucky

Property owners in Kentucky have filed 27,378 federal flood insurance claims since 1978, with $521 million paid.

  • 27,378flood insurance claims since 1978
  • $521Mpaid on those claims
  • 1997most claims in one year, 4,085
  • 18thamong the states for claims
2025
  • Floods on record, by year

Over time

Flood insurance claims in Kentucky per year 1978: 1,029 1979: 655 1980: 94 1981: 346 1982: 118 1983: 251 1984: 2,494 1985: 55 1986: 22 1987: 44 1988: 48 1989: 1,408 1990: 328 1991: 359 1992: 120 1993: 82 1994: 333 1995: 147 1996: 476 1997: 4,085 4,085 1998: 463 1999: 61 2000: 263 2001: 145 2002: 605 2003: 883 2004: 601 2005: 384 2006: 552 2007: 141 2008: 318 2009: 908 2010: 1,280 2011: 1,007 2012: 82 2013: 349 2014: 154 2015: 1,271 2016: 142 2017: 131 2018: 888 2019: 261 2020: 195 2021: 745 2022: 617 2023: 109 2024: 52 2025: 2,171 1978198319881993199820032008201320182023

The deadliest floods since 1996

Notable events
Jul 27, 2022Flash FloodBell, Breathitt, Clay40$35,000
Feb 15, 2025Flash FloodAdair, Allen, Anderson6$130,000
Mar 1, 1997FloodPendleton5$35.0 million
Apr 29, 2020FloodBath, Whitley, Wolfe5$3,000
May 1, 2010Flash FloodAdair, Allen, Anderson4$5.7 million
Jul 13, 2015Flash FloodBath, Bell, Breathitt4$3.7 million
Sep 22, 2006Flash FloodAnderson, Breckinridge, Bullitt4$1.1 million
Feb 24, 2011Flash FloodCaldwell, Calloway, Christian4$302,000
Jul 17, 2010Flash FloodMontgomery, Pike4$67,000
May 27, 2004Flash FloodCarroll, Gallatin, Grant4$23,000
Jun 25, 2026Flash FloodBarren, Breckinridge, Bullitt4—
Dec 21, 2013FloodAnderson, Barren, Boyle3$147,000
Feb 20, 2014Flash FloodBath, Clay, Estill3$2,000
Mar 2, 1997FloodBreckinridge, Hancock, Hardin1$125 million

Every county

Counties with any recorded events, highest first.

Floods by county in Kentucky
Jefferson County5,557
Floyd County2,618
Pike County2,480
Franklin County1,518
Oldham County1,083
Christian County978
Greenup County713
Perry County594
Bell County566
Woodford County509
Hardin County478
Martin County462
Boyd County462
Fayette County457
Campbell County450
Carter County449
Harlan County443
Bourbon County395
Henderson County380
Bullitt County379
Daviess County327
Johnson County309
McCracken County307
Rowan County293
Clark County288
Kenton County286
Magoffin County260
Breathitt County207
Knott County205
Letcher County188
Mercer County187
Pendleton County180
Jessamine County179
Harrison County141
Madison County138
McLean County134
Powell County125
Warren County124
Nelson County122
Knox County120
Lewis County116
Bracken County113
Bath County100
Graves County80
Scott County79
Montgomery County75
Hopkins County73
Owen County73
Carroll County70
Marshall County68
Clay County66
Anderson County59
Spencer County56
Leslie County54
Morgan County49
Fleming County49
Nicholas County48
Ballard County45
Trimble County43
Estill County42
Boone County39
Logan County35
Butler County34
Gallatin County33
Lee County33
Lawrence County32
Washington County32
Henry County32
Shelby County31
Whitley County30
Pulaski County29
Calloway County28
Breckinridge County27
Lincoln County27
Jackson County26
Fulton County25
Livingston County24
Casey County24
Simpson County24
Garrard County23
Larue County21
Barren County21
Rockcastle County19
Meade County18
Menifee County17
Mason County16
Union County16
Ohio County15
Crittenden County15
Muhlenberg County15
Boyle County15
Hickman County13
Laurel County12
Allen County11
Caldwell County11
Hart County11
Hancock County11
Todd County11
Marion County10
Webster County9
Taylor County8
Metcalfe County7
Owsley County6
Grayson County6
Cumberland County4
Green County3
Carlisle County3
Russell County3
Grant County3
Elliott County2
Monroe County2
Wayne County1
Edmonson County1
McCreary County1
Adair County1
Wolfe County1
Clinton County1
Trigg County1

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency’s website(s).