Natural hazards · Beech Bottom

Beech Bottom, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Beech Bottom comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Beech Bottom?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Beech Bottom to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding93%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Beech Bottom faces

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

Inland flooding

93% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once 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 Beech Bottom flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Brooke County.

Disasters that hit Beech Bottom

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Beech BottomDeclared for Brooke County only

2010

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

$1K to the Village of Beech Bottom for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

6 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $25K to the Village of Beech Bottom for repairs

2003

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

$2K to the Village of Beech Bottom for repairs

Brooke County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Beech Bottom

Beech Bottom and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wellsmostly inland floodingVery high

Beech Bottommostly inland floodingVery high

Warrenmostly inland floodingVery high

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. Beech Bottom 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 Beech Bottom’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Beech Bottom. 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.