Natural hazards · Keyser

Keyser, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Keyser comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Keyser?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Keyser to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding53%Tornadoes19%Strong wind10%Cold waves7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Keyser faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Keyser flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Keyser.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Keyser isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: DeKalb County.

Disasters that hit Keyser

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for DeKalb County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Keyser itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into KeyserDeclared for DeKalb County only

DeKalb County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Keyser

Keyser and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Butlermostly inland floodingLow

Keysermostly inland floodingLow

Swanmostly inland floodingLow

Richlandmostly inland floodingLow

Allenmostly inland floodingVery low

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Keyser covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Keyser’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Keyser. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Keyser total about $2.4M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.