FEMA NRI v1.20Released December 2025Methodology

Kentucky Disaster Risk

Natural disaster risk data for all 120 counties.

FEMA release

December 2025

Mean county NRI score

44.2

Counties with Data

120

of 120 total

County risk atlas

Kentucky hazard exposure by county

FEMA NRI v1.20 scores on a 0–100 relative scale. Toggle the composite and five selected hazard categories out of FEMA's 18. Flood is the higher of Coastal Flooding and Inland Flooding NRI scores.

Counties

120/120

Mean county NRI score

44.2

Risk layers

Highest Risk Counties

Jefferson County

Relatively High

NRI score 98.3

Floyd County

Relatively Moderate

NRI score 94.2

Fayette County

Relatively Moderate

NRI score 92.0

McCracken County

Relatively Moderate

NRI score 89.7

Warren County

Relatively Moderate

NRI score 88.5

Lowest Risk Counties

Robertson County

Very Low

NRI score 1.7

Menifee County

Very Low

NRI score 6.2

Owsley County

Very Low

NRI score 6.4

Lee County

Very Low

NRI score 7.5

Edmonson County

Very Low

NRI score 11.0

All Kentucky Counties

County	NRI score	FEMA Rating	Flood	Wildfire	Tornado	Earthquake
Jefferson County	98.3	Relatively High	99.1	56.1	99.7	96.8
Floyd County	94.2	Relatively Moderate	97.8	86.3	35.6	64.2
Fayette County	92.0	Relatively Moderate	92.7	26.9	98.0	93.0
McCracken County	89.7	Relatively Moderate	80.4	35.6	85.7	97.6
Warren County	88.5	Relatively Moderate	87.3	18.5	93.1	90.7
Daviess County	88.1	Relatively Moderate	88.8	17.9	88.9	95.9
Pike County	87.9	Relatively Moderate	94.0	90.1	19.6	57.3
Graves County	84.0	Relatively Moderate	56.8	26.7	70.6	96.9
Christian County	79.6	Relatively Low	74.9	14.5	91.2	93.7
Pulaski County	79.1	Relatively Low	81.6	64.2	83.0	83.6
Kenton County	77.4	Relatively Low	76.2	20.9	91.7	71.4
Hardin County	75.5	Relatively Low	73.7	32.8	84.2	84.6
Calloway County	75.3	Relatively Low	50.7	18.6	79.3	95.4
Boyd County	74.9	Relatively Low	82.2	68.4	51.3	59.5
Madison County	74.8	Relatively Low	76.0	52.0	85.3	76.8
Knox County	74.7	Relatively Low	71.7	84.7	61.4	70.2
Boone County	74.5	Relatively Low	66.4	24.7	91.6	78.6
Perry County	73.2	Relatively Low	86.3	77.9	33.9	49.6
Henderson County	73.2	Relatively Low	74.9	7.1	56.5	92.9
Hopkins County	72.6	Relatively Low	66.6	18.8	79.6	91.7
Bullitt County	71.8	Relatively Low	74.1	26.8	88.6	70.6
Laurel County	71.7	Relatively Low	64.9	89.5	83.5	77.3
Johnson County	71.1	Relatively Low	85.2	76.3	30.5	42.8
Bell County	68.0	Relatively Low	82.0	73.3	41.6	59.4
Barren County	67.9	Relatively Low	67.8	16.6	85.4	77.4
Clay County	67.1	Relatively Low	81.0	85.1	41.3	41.8
Letcher County	66.6	Relatively Low	83.1	76.5	27.8	52.5
Harlan County	65.7	Relatively Low	79.9	69.8	39.5	56.2
Breathitt County	64.7	Relatively Low	82.3	69.9	27.5	41.6
Franklin County	64.5	Relatively Low	71.0	15.0	84.9	63.1
Whitley County	62.2	Relatively Low	71.1	85.1	64.0	69.9
Marshall County	61.9	Relatively Low	47.3	28.6	60.8	92.6
Shelby County	61.9	Relatively Low	61.4	21.4	87.8	73.6
Campbell County	58.3	Relatively Low	64.3	14.4	80.0	68.2
Scott County	56.1	Relatively Low	58.1	14.6	80.5	75.4
Oldham County	56.0	Relatively Low	59.7	16.5	85.5	56.1
Nelson County	55.2	Relatively Low	62.7	24.6	69.1	70.3
Wayne County	54.7	Relatively Low	51.1	38.0	43.4	57.8
Logan County	54.6	Relatively Low	41.6	5.7	67.7	81.3
Ohio County	54.2	Relatively Low	53.8	11.8	63.7	85.8
Lawrence County	53.3	Relatively Low	73.0	67.0	20.5	32.9
Muhlenberg County	53.2	Relatively Low	45.7	18.2	54.6	85.8
Carter County	52.7	Relatively Low	69.4	58.2	40.2	42.2
Greenup County	52.6	Relatively Low	68.4	40.2	41.5	43.1
Knott County	52.1	Relatively Low	73.1	74.1	19.5	35.1
Martin County	49.9	Relatively Low	71.2	77.2	21.9	30.2
Trigg County	48.4	Relatively Low	49.3	12.5	69.7	85.2
Rowan County	47.9	Relatively Low	67.2	46.6	41.3	45.7
Fulton County	46.8	Relatively Low	19.2	4.8	50.3	91.9
Grayson County	45.3	Relatively Low	48.3	11.7	70.8	70.3
Union County	42.8	Very Low	36.0	5.6	38.7	88.4
Estill County	41.8	Very Low	63.9	44.7	37.8	35.4
Boyle County	41.6	Very Low	43.2	9.5	76.4	69.4
Lewis County	41.5	Very Low	64.9	15.3	35.7	27.0
Mercer County	41.4	Very Low	53.3	11.0	69.1	58.4
Hart County	41.1	Very Low	49.7	10.9	63.8	63.5
Meade County	40.9	Very Low	45.2	13.9	75.9	61.3
McLean County	40.7	Very Low	45.8	4.5	37.6	84.6
Woodford County	40.0	Very Low	48.0	7.7	73.2	58.0
Jessamine County	39.8	Very Low	42.3	6.7	69.3	55.7
Ballard County	39.6	Very Low	12.2	6.0	31.7	88.9
Breckinridge County	39.5	Very Low	49.0	10.5	62.8	67.8
Adair County	39.4	Very Low	44.5	15.9	65.7	65.3
Bourbon County	39.4	Very Low	53.8	4.5	59.0	56.0
Mason County	39.2	Very Low	56.2	6.6	57.9	54.1
Caldwell County	39.0	Very Low	30.6	5.8	61.2	86.0
Taylor County	38.7	Very Low	40.6	7.7	68.9	67.2
Clark County	38.3	Very Low	47.3	14.3	68.0	59.4
Casey County	37.1	Very Low	48.8	17.8	61.4	55.2
Rockcastle County	36.1	Very Low	53.0	47.5	48.9	40.9
Hickman County	35.8	Very Low	8.6	2.8	41.4	90.9
Magoffin County	35.0	Very Low	60.5	82.1	22.1	40.7
Montgomery County	34.3	Very Low	49.7	30.7	53.8	57.8
Harrison County	33.8	Very Low	48.9	9.8	63.3	56.1
Allen County	33.3	Very Low	27.4	9.3	69.5	75.0
Lincoln County	32.6	Very Low	44.2	24.3	39.6	57.4
Russell County	31.9	Very Low	35.7	29.8	64.1	56.4
Leslie County	31.7	Very Low	57.1	62.8	22.0	39.7
Powell County	31.2	Very Low	51.4	43.2	37.1	37.8
Fleming County	31.0	Very Low	47.1	22.6	54.2	49.1
Crittenden County	30.4	Very Low	30.8	8.8	47.7	81.6
Garrard County	30.2	Very Low	40.9	18.1	57.6	49.4
Marion County	30.2	Very Low	39.7	11.1	61.9	60.6
Cumberland County	30.1	Very Low	53.7	6.2	38.4	38.7
Pendleton County	29.9	Very Low	49.1	5.5	51.8	30.9
Webster County	29.2	Very Low	31.8	2.5	39.7	81.2
Lyon County	28.9	Very Low	18.2	12.8	48.0	82.0
Hancock County	28.8	Very Low	48.3	5.1	34.4	70.4
Todd County	28.6	Very Low	29.1	2.9	55.1	77.3
Livingston County	27.1	Very Low	23.3	6.5	49.1	82.1
Simpson County	27.0	Very Low	24.2	5.5	55.4	76.6
Monroe County	26.7	Very Low	34.0	11.0	53.4	63.6
Anderson County	26.3	Very Low	34.4	8.0	64.2	49.5
McCreary County	25.3	Very Low	24.3	74.2	48.2	60.0
Clinton County	24.5	Very Low	41.0	33.4	46.2	36.2
Jackson County	24.2	Very Low	42.4	79.8	31.8	36.3
Carroll County	23.4	Very Low	41.7	2.7	57.8	35.0
Morgan County	22.1	Very Low	45.7	70.9	29.6	37.2
Metcalfe County	21.8	Very Low	33.0	6.8	48.7	50.5
Nicholas County	19.0	Very Low	41.3	2.3	35.7	38.5
Carlisle County	18.7	Very Low	7.3	3.3	30.5	86.2
Wolfe County	18.5	Very Low	42.6	63.8	21.4	30.0
Butler County	18.1	Very Low	23.7	5.3	45.6	67.0
Gallatin County	17.3	Very Low	33.9	2.0	46.7	23.1
Washington County	16.7	Very Low	27.8	11.5	53.3	48.8
Grant County	16.3	Very Low	17.1	7.2	64.4	39.4
Henry County	15.7	Very Low	27.3	5.9	50.2	43.2
Owen County	15.2	Very Low	30.9	5.6	50.6	32.8
Green County	14.0	Very Low	22.4	4.3	46.1	47.3
Bath County	13.7	Very Low	29.5	26.2	32.6	33.9
Spencer County	13.3	Very Low	22.6	9.1	56.7	39.2
Larue County	12.4	Very Low	22.9	7.0	36.3	50.8
Elliott County	12.2	Very Low	32.9	57.3	24.1	35.1
Bracken County	12.0	Very Low	26.2	1.6	31.9	26.8
Trimble County	11.9	Very Low	23.5	3.6	52.6	28.0
Edmonson County	11.0	Very Low	18.6	3.5	40.9	43.4
Lee County	7.5	Very Low	21.2	57.8	23.4	25.3
Owsley County	6.4	Very Low	21.2	64.6	15.8	25.4
Menifee County	6.2	Very Low	21.8	51.5	19.8	20.4
Robertson County	1.7	Very Low	6.6	0.7	21.2	27.7

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Kentucky county records are included?

RiskByCounty includes 120 Kentucky county records from FEMA NRI v1.20 (December 2025).

Which FEMA county ratings appear in Kentucky?

FEMA NRI v1.20 (December 2025) county rating counts for Kentucky: Very Low: 70; Relatively Low: 42; Relatively Moderate: 7; Relatively High: 1; Very High: 0; Not available: 0.

How complete are the five selected hazard fields for Kentucky?

FEMA NRI v1.20 (December 2025) availability among 120 county records: Flood: 120 of 120; Wildfire: 120 of 120; Tornado: 120 of 120; Earthquake: 120 of 120; Hurricane: 120 of 120. RiskByCounty displays five selected hazard categories out of FEMA's 18.

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Data Source

County data sourced from FEMA National Risk Index v1.20, released December 2025. Values are labeled NRI score (0–100 relative scale). RiskByCounty displays five selected hazard categories out of FEMA's 18; flood is the higher of the Coastal Flooding and Inland Flooding source scores.

RiskByCounty presents county-level source fields and deterministic arithmetic summaries.

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