Natural hazards · Arthurdale

Arthurdale, WV natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Arthurdale?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Arthurdale to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding76%Strong wind7%Tornadoes5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Arthurdale faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Arthurdale flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Arthurdale 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 Arthurdale

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ArthurdaleDeclared for Preston County only

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