Natural hazards · Arbovale

Arbovale, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Arbovale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Arbovale?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Arbovale to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding81%Cold waves11%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Arbovale faces

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

Inland flooding

81% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHeat wavesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Arbovale flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pocahontas County.

Disasters that hit Arbovale

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ArbovaleDeclared for Pocahontas County only

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

1 household applied for aid

Pocahontas County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

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. Arbovale 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 Arbovale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Arbovale. 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.