Natural hazards · Brenton

Brenton, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brenton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brenton?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brenton to be higher than in 99% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding84%Cold waves9%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Brenton faces

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

Inland flooding

84% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

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 Brenton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wyoming County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

12flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Brenton

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrentonDeclared for Wyoming County only

2025

Severe Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

42 households applied for aid $291K aid approved

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

28 households applied for aid $70K aid approved

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

106 households applied for aid $82K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

70 households applied for aid $158K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

69 households applied for aid $192K aid approved

2003

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

11 households applied for aid $39K aid approved

Wyoming County has had 24 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. Brenton 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 Brenton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Brenton. 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.

Brenton, WV natural hazards

How exposed is Brenton?

What Brenton faces

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Brenton flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

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

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