Flood risk in West Virginia
FEMA NFIP historical claims and active policies aggregated by county. Pick a county to see total paid, average claim amount, and active policy count.
Counties with claims
53
of 56 reporting
Total NFIP claims
2,221
Total claims paid
$48,267,196
Active policies
1,988
Highest flood risk counties
Claims per 1,000 housing units. Higher means a larger share of homes have a documented claim on file.
- 1.Logan County14.79 / 1k
- 2.Greenbrier County14.47 / 1k
- 3.Summers County13.50 / 1k
- 4.Pocahontas County12.20 / 1k
- 5.Mingo County10.67 / 1k
- 6.McDowell County10.08 / 1k
- 7.Clay County9.08 / 1k
- 8.Webster County8.97 / 1k
- 9.Wyoming County7.12 / 1k
- 10.Lincoln County6.56 / 1k
Lowest flood risk counties
Claims per 1,000 housing units, restricted to counties of at least 25,000 residents.
- 1.Monongalia County0.45 / 1k
- 2.Jefferson County0.56 / 1k
- 3.Preston County0.63 / 1k
- 4.Berkeley County0.64 / 1k
- 5.Mineral County0.66 / 1k
- 6.Hancock County0.69 / 1k
- 7.Harrison County0.97 / 1k
- 8.Mason County1.19 / 1k
- 9.Mercer County1.43 / 1k
- 10.Wood County1.46 / 1k
Counties by historical claims
Sorted by total claims, highest first. Historical totals do not capture uninsured properties or future climate shifts.
- County410 claims · moderate
- County213 claims · high
- County183 claims · high
- County109 claims · moderate
- County101 claims · moderate
- County97 claims · high
- County66 claims · high
- County66 claims · high
- County65 claims · moderate
- County59 claims · moderate
- County55 claims · moderate
- County52 claims · moderate
- County51 claims · moderate
- County50 claims · moderate
- County48 claims · moderate
- County47 claims · moderate
- County42 claims · moderate
- County40 claims · moderate
- County36 claims · high
- County35 claims · moderate
- County31 claims · low
- County31 claims · moderate
- County27 claims · moderate
- County27 claims · moderate
- County26 claims · moderate
- County26 claims · moderate
- County25 claims · low
- County21 claims · moderate
- County20 claims · low
- County19 claims · moderate
- County17 claims · moderate
- County14 claims · moderate
- County12 claims · low
- County12 claims · moderate
- County9 claims · low
- County8 claims · moderate
- County8 claims · moderate
- County8 claims · low
- County7 claims · low
- County6 claims · low
- County6 claims · moderate
- County5 claims · moderate
- County5 claims · moderate
- County5 claims · low
- County4 claims · moderate
- County4 claims · low
- County3 claims · low
- County3 claims · low
- County2 claims · low
- County2 claims · low
- County1 claims · low
- County1 claims · low
- County1 claims · low
- County0 claims · low
- County0 claims · low
- County0 claims · low
How to read this
Historical claims show where NFIP-insured properties have actually filed. They under-count uninsured properties and don't forecast future risk from climate, upstream development, or new mitigation projects. For parcel-specific flood-zone designations, use FEMA's Map Service Center.
Data sources
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