Natural hazards · Albright

Albright, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Albright comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1985. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Albright?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Albright to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding89%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Albright faces

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

Inland flooding

89% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Albright flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Albright, from FEMA’s records.

9paid claims since 1985

$90Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19852026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Preston County.

Disasters that hit Albright

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Albright itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Albright.

Brought FEMA money into AlbrightDeclared for Preston County only

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

6 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

Preston County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Albright is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

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

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.