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2019 Flood Deaths in Kentucky
2018 Flood Deaths in Kentucky
2017 Flood Deaths in Kentucky
2016 Flood Deaths in Kentucky
2015 Flood Deaths in Kentucky
2014 Flood Deaths in Kentucky
2013 Flood Deaths in Kentucky
2012 Flood Deaths in Kentucky
2011 Flood Deaths in Kentucky
2010 Flood Deaths in Kentucky
2009 Flood Deaths in Kentucky
2008 Flood Deaths in Kentucky
2007 Flood Deaths in Kentucky
2006 Flood Deaths in Kentucky
2005 Flood Deaths in Kentucky
2004 Flood Deaths in Kentucky
2003 Flood Deaths in Kentucky
2002 Flood Deaths in Kentucky
2001 Flood Deaths in Kentucky
2000 Flood Deaths in Kentucky
1999 Flood Deaths in Kentucky
1998 Flood Deaths in Kentucky
1997 Flood Deaths in Kentucky
1996 Flood Deaths in Kentucky
All Documented Flood Deaths in Kentucky between 1996 and 2019

Total Kentucky Flood Deaths between 1996 and 2020:               100
Total Flood Deaths across the U.S. between 1996 and 2019:  2,202
Even though Kentucky accounts for only a little over 1% of the U.S. population, flood deaths between 1996 and 2020 in the state accounted for over 4% of the total flood deaths that occurred across the United States!

 


2020 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  8 | U.S. Deaths:  59
 
Vehicle (VE) 7
Permanent Home (PH) 0
Mobile Home (MH) 0
Outside (OU) 0
Already In Water (IW) 1
Other (OT) 0
 

 


2019 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  7 | U.S. Deaths:  92 *
 
Vehicle (VE) 6
Permanent Home (PH) 0
Mobile Home (MH) 0
Outside (OU) 0
Already In Water (IW) 1
Other (OT) 0
* U.S. Death Count is preliminary

 


2018 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  7 | U.S. Deaths:  84
 
Vehicle (VE) 5
Permanent Home (PH) 0
Mobile Home (MH) 0
Outside (OU) 0
Already In Water (IW) 2
Other (OT) 0
 

 


2017 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  1 | U.S. Deaths:  182
 
Vehicle (VE) 0
Permanent Home (PH) 0
Mobile Home (MH) 1
Outside (OU) 0
Already In Water (IW) 0
Other (OT) 0
 

 


2016 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  1 | U.S. Deaths:  127
 
Vehicle (VE) 0
Permanent Home (PH) 0
Mobile Home (MH) 0
Outside (OU) 0
Already In Water (IW) 1
Other (OT) 0
 

 


2015 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  10 | U.S. Deaths:  186
 
Vehicle (VE) 6
Permanent Home (PH) 0
Mobile Home (MH) 2
Outside (OU) 1
Already In Water (IW) 1
Other (OT) 0
 

 


2014 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  3 | U.S. Deaths:  43
 
Vehicle (VE) 3
Permanent Home (PH) 0
Mobile Home (MH) 0
Outside (OU) 0
Already In Water (IW) 0
Other (OT) 0
 

 


2013 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  5 | U.S. Deaths:  82
 
Vehicle (VE) 5
Permanent Home (PH) 0
Mobile Home (MH) 0
Outside (OU) 0
Already In Water (IW) 0
Other (OT) 0
 

 


2012 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  0 | U.S. Deaths:  29
 
Vehicle (VE) 0
Permanent Home (PH) 0
Mobile Home (MH) 0
Outside (OU) 0
Already In Water (IW) 0
Other (OT) 0
 

 


2011 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  7 | U.S. Deaths:  113
 
Vehicle (VE) 6
Permanent Home (PH) 0
Mobile Home (MH) 1
Outside (OU) 0
Already In Water (IW) 0
Other (OT) 0
 

 


2010 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  6 | U.S. Deaths:  104
 
Vehicle (VE) 3
Permanent Home (PH) 1
Mobile Home (MH) 1
Outside (OU) 0
Already In Water (IW) 1
Other (OT) 0
 

 


2009 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  2 | U.S. Deaths:  56
 
Vehicle (VE) 1
Permanent Home (PH) 0
Mobile Home (MH) 0
Outside (OU) 0
Already In Water (IW) 1
Other (OT) 0
 

 


2008 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  1 | U.S. Deaths:  82
 
Vehicle (VE) 1
Permanent Home (PH) 0
Mobile Home (MH) 0
Outside (OU) 0
Already In Water (IW) 0
Other (OT) 0
 

 


2007 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  0 | U.S. Deaths:  87
 
Vehicle (VE) 0
Permanent Home (PH) 0
Mobile Home (MH) 0
Outside (OU) 0
Already In Water (IW) 0
Other (OT) 0
 

 


2006 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  6 | U.S. Deaths:  76
 
Vehicle (VE) 4
Permanent Home (PH) 0
Mobile Home (MH) 0
Outside (OU) 0
Already In Water (IW) 2
Other (OT) 0
 

 


2005 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  1 | U.S. Deaths:  43
 
Vehicle (VE) 0
Permanent Home (PH) 0
Mobile Home (MH) 0
Outside (OU) 1
Already In Water (IW) 0
Other (OT) 0
 

 


2004 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  7 | U.S. Deaths:  82
 
Vehicle (VE) 7
Permanent Home (PH) 0
Mobile Home (MH) 0
Outside (OU) 0
Already In Water (IW) 0
Other (OT) 0
 

 


2003 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  4 | U.S. Deaths:  86
 
Vehicle (VE) 2
Permanent Home (PH) 0
Mobile Home (MH) 2
Outside (OU) 0
Already In Water (IW) 0
Other (OT) 0
 

 


2002 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  1 | U.S. Deaths:  49
 
Vehicle (VE) 1
Permanent Home (PH) 0
Mobile Home (MH) 0
Outside (OU) 0
Already In Water (IW) 0
Other (OT) 0
 

 


2001 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  2 | U.S. Deaths:  48
 
Vehicle (VE) 1
Permanent Home (PH) 0
Mobile Home (MH) 0
Outside (OU) 0
Already In Water (IW) 1
Other (OT) 0
 

 


2000 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  1 | U.S. Deaths:  38
 
Vehicle (VE) 1
Permanent Home (PH) 0
Mobile Home (MH) 0
Outside (OU) 0
Already In Water (IW) 0
Other (OT) 0
 

 


1999 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  1 | U.S. Deaths:  68
 
Vehicle (VE) 1
Permanent Home (PH) 0
Mobile Home (MH) 0
Outside (OU) 0
Already In Water (IW) 0
Other (OT) 0
 

 


1998 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  1 | U.S. Deaths:  136
 
Vehicle (VE) 0
Permanent Home (PH) 0
Mobile Home (MH) 0
Outside (OU) 1
Already In Water (IW) 0
Other (OT) 0
 

 


1997 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  16 | U.S. Deaths:  118
 
Vehicle (VE) 6
Permanent Home (PH) 1
Mobile Home (MH) 3
Outside (OU) 0
Already In Water (IW) 6
Other (OT) 0
 

 


1996 Kentucky Flood Deaths
Kentucky Deaths:  2 | U.S. Deaths:  131
 
Vehicle (VE) 0
Permanent Home (PH) 0
Mobile Home (MH) 0
Outside (OU) 2
Already In Water (IW) 0
Other (OT) 0