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Between 2015 through September 2025 (not including COVID-19), Kentucky had 22 Major Disaster Declarations affecting counties all across the state.  While 2025 had not ended yet when these data were accessed, during those 10 years, 2015 was the most active year with 4 Major Disaster Declarations.  To learn more about a specific event, the “Disaster Number” provides a unique identifier that can be used in an online search. 

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There are several different types of disaster declarations.  This issue of Kentucky: By the Numbers provides data on the number of “Major Disaster Declarations.”  This type of declaration provides access to the widest array of resources.  For more information, see “How a Disaster Gets Declared” at https://www.fema.gov/disaster/how-declared

County Data Sheets

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State Level Data

Adair            Allen             Anderson              Ballard                  Barren

Bath              Bell                Boone                 Bourbon                Boyd

Boyle            Bracken           Breathitt            Breckinridge          Bullitt

Butler            Caldwell          Calloway          Campbell               Carlisle

Carroll            Carter             Casey             Christian                  Clark

Clay                Clinton          Crittenden       Cumberland            Daviess

Edmonson      Elliott             Estill                 Fayette                   Fleming

Floyd              Franklin          Fulton              Gallatin                Garrard

Grant              Graves            Grayson            Green                  Greenup

Hancock          Hardin            Harlan               Harrison              Hart

Henderson       Henry             Hickman           Hopkins              Jackson

Jefferson          Jessamine        Johnson           Kenton                Knott

Knox                 LaRue              Laurel               Lawrence            Lee

Leslie               Letcher             Lewis                 Lincoln              Livingston

Logan              Lyon                 McCracken        McCreary           McLean

Madison          Magoffin          Marion               Marshall             Martin

Mason             Meade             Menifee              Mercer                Metcalfe

Monroe           Montgomery    Morgan              Muhlenberg       Nelson

Nicholas          Ohio                  Oldham              Owen                 Owsley

Pendleton        Perry                  Pike                   Powell                 Pulaski

Robertson       Rockcastle          Rowan               Russell                 Scott

Shelby              Simpson            Spencer             Taylor                  Todd

Trigg                 Trimble              Union                Warren                Washington

Wayne              Webster             Whitley              Wolfe                  Woodford

Data Sources

These data were compiled using the OpenFEMA Dataset: Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2 (Last Data Refresh: 09-29-2025).  “This dataset lists all official FEMA Disaster Declarations, beginning with the first disaster declaration in 1953… This is raw, unedited data from FEMA's National Emergency Management Information System (NEMIS).”  https://www.fema.gov/openfema-data-page/disaster-declarations-summaries-v2