Natural hazards · Belington

Belington, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Belington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 43 claims here since 1985. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Belington?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Belington to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding86%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Belington faces

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

Inland flooding

86% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once 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 Belington flood?

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

43paid claims since 1985

$565Kpaid to owners

9homes flooded more than once

19852026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Barbour County.

Disasters that hit Belington

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BelingtonDeclared for Barbour County only

2012

Hurricane Sandy

$8K to the Town of Belington for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Mudslides, and

14 households applied for aid $21K aid approved $4K to the Town of Belington for repairs

2000

Flooding, Severe Storms, and Landslides

$13K to the Town of Belington for repairs

Barbour County has had 16 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. Belington 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 Belington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Belington. 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.