Natural hazards · Brandonville

Brandonville, WV natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brandonville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brandonville to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding82%Strong wind6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Brandonville faces

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

Inland flooding

82% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDroughtAvalanches

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 Brandonville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Brandonville 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 Brandonville

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrandonvilleDeclared 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. Brandonville 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 Brandonville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Brandonville. 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.