Natural Disasters in Kuttawa, KY

Hazard risk, disaster history, and FEMA data

Natural Hazard Risk

Source: FEMA National Risk Index

Risk Score

28.9

Very Low

Expected Annual Loss

22.1

Score (0-100)

Social Vulnerability

76.5

Score (0-100)

Community Resilience

31.0

Score (0-100)

Top Hazard Risks

Ice Storm88.2Strong Wind85.8Earthquake82.0

Hazard	Risk Score
Ice Storm	88.2
Strong Wind	85.8
Earthquake	82.0
Drought	69.6
Tornado	48.0
Winter Weather	47.8
Landslide	47.7
Heat Wave	46.0
Cold Wave	34.5
Hail	32.3
Lightning	26.7
Hurricane	17.8
Wildfire	12.8

Scores range from 0 (lowest risk) to 100 (highest risk) relative to all U.S. communities. Data from FEMA National Risk Index.

Disaster Declarations

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA

Total Declarations

Most Recent

Winter Storm

Jan 2026

Most Common Type

Severe Storm

11 declarations

Date	Type	Declaration
Jan 24, 2026	Winter Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORM
May 23, 2025	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, AND TORNADOES
Apr 24, 2025	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, TORNADOES, FLOODING, LANDSLIDES, AND MUDSLIDES
Apr 3, 2025	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING
Feb 16, 2025	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, FLOODING, AND LANDSLIDES
Jul 23, 2024	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, TORNADOES, LANDSLIDES, AND MUDSLIDES
Apr 10, 2023	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, TORNADOES, FLOODING, LANDSLIDES, AND MUDSLIDES
Dec 12, 2021	Tornado	SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, FLOODING, AND TORNADOES
Dec 11, 2021	Tornado	SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, FLOODING, AND TORNADOES
Mar 28, 2020	Biological	COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Mar 13, 2020	Biological	COVID-19
Aug 26, 2016	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORM, TORNADOES, FLOODING, LANDSLIDES, AND MUDSLIDES
Apr 30, 2015	Snowstorm	SEVERE WINTER STORMS, SNOWSTORMS, FLOODING, LANDSLIDES, AND MUDSLIDES
May 4, 2011	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING
May 11, 2010	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, MUDSLIDES, AND TORNADOES
Feb 5, 2009	Severe Ice Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORM AND FLOODING
Jan 28, 2009	Severe Ice Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORM
Oct 9, 2008	Severe Storm	SEVERE WIND STORM ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION IKE
Sep 10, 2005	Hurricane	HURRICANE KATRINA
Feb 8, 2005	Snowstorm	SEVERE WINTER STORM AND RECORD SNOW

Showing 20 of 22 declarations

Disaster Recovery Spending

Source: FEMA Public Assistance

Total Federal Spending

$3,619,485

Disasters with PA

Total Projects

100

Disaster	Type	Projects	Federal $
DR-4630	Tornado	17	$2,504,727
DR-1818	Severe Ice Storm	29	$379,973
DR-4804	Severe Storm(s)	5	$281,316
DR-1976	Severe Storm(s)	19	$199,456
DR-1802	Severe Storm(s)	6	$64,396
DR-4864	Severe Storm(s)	4	$48,265
DR-1912	Severe Storm(s)	5	$47,416
DR-4278	Severe Storm(s)	3	$30,648
DR-4216	Snow	2	$28,936
DR-1578	Snow	9	$22,627
DR-4497	Biological	1	$11,725

Hazard Mitigation

Source: FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance

Mitigation Projects

Federal Funding

$202,218

Properties Protected

Avg Benefit-Cost Ratio

0.33

BCR

Top Mitigation Project Types

Project Type	Projects	Federal $
601.1: Generators	8	$177,479
206.2: Safe Room (Tornado and Severe Wind Shelter) - Public Structures	1	$24,738

Federally funded projects to reduce future disaster risk. Only includes completed or obligated projects.

Kuttawa has a very low overall natural hazard risk rating according to FEMA's National Risk Index. The top hazard risks are ice storm, strong wind, earthquake. The area has had 22 federal disaster declarations. The most common disaster type is severe storm (11 declarations). FEMA has obligated $3,619,485 in public assistance recovery funding. 9 hazard mitigation projects have been funded to reduce future risk.