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Bridgeport, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bridgeport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 22 claims here since 1978. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bridgeport?

45
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bridgeport to be higher than in 45% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Bridgeport faces

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

Inland flooding

85% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% 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 Bridgeport flood?

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

22paid claims since 1978
$170Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Not a named storm: 1 claim, $806

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. Bridgeport isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Harrison County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Bridgeport

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BridgeportDeclared for Harrison County only
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

101 households applied for aid $380K aid approved $850K to the City of Bridgeport for repairs
2017

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

6 households applied for aid
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$65K to the City of Bridgeport for repairs
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

1 household applied for aid $31K to the City of Bridgeport for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Mudslides, and

52 households applied for aid $164K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

25 households applied for aid $51K aid approved $54K to the City of Bridgeport for repairs
2003

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

6 households applied for aid $1K aid approved $6K to the City of Bridgeport for repairs
Harrison County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Bridgeport

Bridgeport and the towns around it

Clarksburg: High, mostly inland floodingNutter Fort: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDespard: High, mostly inland floodingAnmoore: Very low, mostly inland floodingEast View: High, mostly inland floodingBridgeport: Moderate, mostly inland flooding BridgeportClarksburg
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Clarksburgmostly inland floodingHigh
Bridgeportmostly 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. Bridgeport covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bridgeport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Bridgeport. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Bridgeport total about $3.5M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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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