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Barboursville, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barboursville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1978. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Barboursville?

92
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barboursville to be higher than in 92% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding90%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Barboursville faces

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

Inland flooding

90% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Barboursville flood?

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

7paid claims since 1978
$65Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Not a named storm: 2 claims, $12K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Barboursville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Cabell County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Barboursville

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BarboursvilleDeclared for Cabell County only
2024

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

6 households applied for aid $16K aid approved
2021

Severe Storms and Flooding

28 households applied for aid $115K aid approved
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$249K to the Village of Barboursville for repairs
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

4 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$9K to the Village of Barboursville for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

47 households applied for aid $171K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

11 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
2003

Severe Winter Storm, Record/Near Record Snow, Heavy Rains, Flooding and Landslides

7 households applied for aid $14K aid approved
2000

Flooding, Severe Storms, and Landslides

$2K to the Village of Barboursville for repairs
Cabell County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Barboursville

Barboursville and the towns around it

Pea Ridge: Very high, mostly inland floodingHuntington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingUnion: Very high, mostly inland floodingBurlington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFayette: High, mostly inland floodingCeredo: Moderate, mostly inland floodingChesapeake: Very high, mostly inland floodingProctorville: Very high, mostly inland floodingBarboursville: Very high, mostly inland flooding BarboursvillePea RidgeHuntington
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Barboursvillemostly inland floodingVery high
Pea Ridgemostly inland floodingVery high
Huntingtonmostly inland floodingModerate
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. Barboursville 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 Barboursville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Barboursville. 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.

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