Enter any address in Pike County, Kentucky to see its FEMA flood zone
Flash flooding from severe thunderstorms is the dominant flood character in Pike County, KY. Between 2020 and 2024, NOAA Storm Events data recorded 137 flash flood events and 49 general flood events, resulting in seven fatalities. Recent events include flash flooding on May 17, 2025, which caused significant damage in downtown London, and a flash flood event on June 16, 2025, following several days of storms.
National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims data shows a significant number of claims filed in Zone A, which typically represents areas with a 1% annual chance of flooding. However, Zone X, which includes areas with a 0.2% annual chance of flooding, also shows a substantial number of claims with the highest average payout and water depth. Homeowners in Zone A, as well as those in Zone X and X_UNSHADED, should pay close attention to flood risk.
Summary generated from NOAA storm narratives and NFIP claim data for this county. Not predictive.
72 NOAA storm reports from this county describe what happened, in the words of the meteorologists who were there.
Pike County, Kentucky has recorded 186 flood-related events since 1996 according to NOAA's Storm Events Database, including 137 flash floods and 49 river or area floods. The county has received 47 federal disaster declarations, 15 of which involved flooding or coastal storms. Enter any address above to check its FEMA flood zone designation.
FEMA Disaster Declarations (1967–2026)
Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
| Declaration | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Severe Winter Storm | Winter Storm | Jan 23, 2026 |
| Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding | Severe Storm | Apr 2, 2025 |
| Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, And Landslides | Severe Storm | Feb 14, 2025 |
| Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides | Severe Storm | Feb 14, 2025 |
| Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides | Flood | Jul 26, 2022 |
| Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides | Severe Storm | Dec 31, 2021 |
| Severe, Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides | Flood | Feb 27, 2021 |
| Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides | Severe Storm | Feb 3, 2020 |
| Covid-19 | Biological | Jan 20, 2020 |
| Covid-19 Pandemic | Biological | Jan 20, 2020 |
NOAA Storm Events Database (1996–2025)
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database.
| Type | Date | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | May 17, 2025 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Jun 16, 2025 | 0.00K |
| Flood | Apr 11, 2024 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Jul 31, 2022 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Jul 28, 2022 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Jul 27, 2022 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Jul 26, 2022 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Jul 17, 2022 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Aug 10, 2022 | 0.00K |
| Flash Flood | Aug 10, 2022 | 7.00K |
Flash Flood — May 17, 2025
Eastern Kentucky experienced multiple rounds of severe weather from May 16th into the early morning hours of May 17th.||The initial round of severe weather, occurring during the morning and early afternoon, produced swaths of large to significant hail (approaching baseball size), localized damaging winds, and heavy rainfall. Notably, intense thunderstorm wind gusts impacted downtown London, tea...
Flash Flood — Jun 16, 2025
Showers and storms moved across eastern Kentucky as a stalled stationary front sat near the Ohio River and northern Kentucky through the day, putting much of the state in the warm and unstable sector. A digging 500mb trough also pushed east into the Ohio Valley during the day and points southwest, leading to height falls and enhanced lift over eastern Kentucky. Storms had impacted eastern Kentu...
Flood — Apr 11, 2024
A strengthening low pressure system and several frontal boundaries all came together across eastern Kentucky during the day on April 11, 2024. Radar showed scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms across the state through much of the day. By the early afternoon, SPC issued a watch for the far eastern portion of the state and into neighboring western Virginia, much of West Virginia, and S...
Flash Flood — Jul 31, 2022
A stalled frontal boundary and surface low pressure south of the state early Sunday morning began to slowly lift northward into the southeast and south-central portion of the state throughout the day. Showers and thunderstorms developed along the boundary and moved eastward. Since the system as whole showed very little forward progression, multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms ended up m...
Flash Flood — Jul 28, 2022
Between July 25th and July 30th, 2022, several complexes of training thunderstorms developed south of I-64 and brought heavy rain, deadly flash flooding, and devastating river flooding to eastern Kentucky and central Appalachia. These thunderstorms, at times, caused rainfall rates in excess of 4/hr across complex terrain that led to widespread devastating impacts. While it did not rain continuo...
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database.
Source: OpenFEMA NFIP Individual Claims (2.25M records analyzed).
FEMA assigns flood zone designations to areas in Pike County, Kentucky:
AE High Risk — 1% annual chance of flooding. Insurance required.
VE Very High Risk — Coastal flooding with wave action.
X (Shaded) Moderate Risk — 500-year floodplain.
X Low Risk — Outside major floodplains.
Properties in Pike County, Kentucky that are in FEMA-designated Special Flood Hazard Areas (zones A and V) with federally backed mortgages are required to carry flood insurance.
Even outside high-risk zones, flood insurance is recommended. From 2014 to 2024, nearly one-third of NFIP claims came from outside the high-risk Special Flood Hazard Area.
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