Most Flood-Prone Counties in Kentucky

Based on NOAA Storm Events Database records from 1996 to 2025, these are the Kentucky counties with the most recorded flood events. Jefferson County tops the list with 220 events. The data includes river floods, flash floods, coastal flooding, and hurricane-related flooding.

Rank	County	Total Events	River Floods	Flash Floods
1	Jefferson County	220	56	164
2	Floyd County	190	78	112
3	Pike County	179	42	137
4	McCracken County	144	70	74
5	Whitley County	144	52	92
6	Muhlenberg County	138	110	28
7	Breathitt County	127	47	80
8	Estill County	119	55	64
9	Christian County	105	57	48
10	Daviess County	105	54	51
11	Powell County	104	42	62
12	Union County	102	84	18
13	Butler County	98	68	30
14	Warren County	97	42	55
15	Bell County	93	32	61
16	Pulaski County	90	33	57
17	Boyd County	88	42	46
18	Calloway County	88	27	61
19	Henderson County	88	57	31
20	Carter County	87	41	46
21	Ballard County	83	50	33
22	Letcher County	80	31	49
23	Madison County	79	18	61
24	Lewis County	78	27	51
25	Greenup County	78	38	40
26	Ohio County	78	38	40
27	Laurel County	77	18	59
28	Perry County	76	21	55
29	Knox County	75	22	53
30	Graves County	73	27	46
31	Montgomery County	72	21	51
32	Rockcastle County	71	30	41
33	Marshall County	68	30	38
34	Fulton County	68	37	31
35	Hardin County	68	11	57
36	Hickman County	68	32	36
37	Bourbon County	67	42	25
38	Carlisle County	67	37	30
39	Hopkins County	67	33	34
40	Scott County	66	13	53
41	Lawrence County	66	32	34
42	Kenton County	65	19	46
43	Mason County	64	29	35
44	Nelson County	63	36	27
45	Morgan County	62	21	41
46	Fayette County	62	13	49
47	Johnson County	62	14	48
48	McLean County	62	47	15
49	Rowan County	62	14	48
50	Simpson County	61	9	52
51	Leslie County	61	26	35
52	Magoffin County	61	17	44
53	Clay County	60	19	41
54	Todd County	59	20	39
55	Campbell County	59	18	41
56	Bath County	58	12	46
57	Boone County	58	20	38
58	Pendleton County	57	33	24
59	Fleming County	56	10	46
60	Jackson County	56	23	33
61	Menifee County	56	12	44
62	Logan County	55	9	46
63	Owen County	55	18	37
64	Livingston County	54	32	22
65	Harlan County	52	20	32
66	Taylor County	51	8	43
67	Martin County	50	19	31
68	Nicholas County	49	23	26
69	Oldham County	49	4	45
70	Bullitt County	49	11	38
71	Franklin County	49	13	36
72	Gallatin County	48	20	28
73	Wolfe County	47	13	34
74	Crittenden County	47	25	22
75	Knott County	46	17	29
76	Lee County	46	14	32
77	Edmonson County	45	25	20
78	Webster County	45	20	25
79	Carroll County	44	17	27
80	Trigg County	44	18	26
81	Grayson County	43	7	36
82	McCreary County	42	18	24
83	Barren County	42	7	35
84	Harrison County	41	8	33
85	Allen County	40	10	30
86	Breckinridge County	38	11	27
87	Casey County	38	12	26
88	Hart County	38	17	21
89	Marion County	37	8	29
90	Spencer County	37	18	19
91	Grant County	37	10	27
92	Clark County	37	3	34
93	Shelby County	36	11	25
94	Owsley County	35	12	23
95	Lyon County	34	22	12
96	Bracken County	34	16	18
97	Trimble County	33	6	27
98	Anderson County	32	10	22
99	Caldwell County	32	11	21
100	Adair County	31	7	24
101	Lincoln County	30	1	29
102	Elliott County	30	12	18
103	Wayne County	28	6	22
104	Larue County	28	6	22
105	Washington County	27	6	21
106	Meade County	26	6	20
107	Mercer County	25	8	17
108	Hancock County	25	4	21
109	Henry County	25	7	18
110	Metcalfe County	24	7	17
111	Garrard County	24	5	19
112	Boyle County	23	5	18
113	Green County	22	4	18
114	Jessamine County	22	9	13
115	Cumberland County	21	2	19
116	Russell County	20	4	16
117	Monroe County	19	2	17
118	Woodford County	18	3	15
119	Clinton County	16	3	13
120	Robertson County	9	3	6

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database (1996–2025).

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