Natural hazards · Brush Fork

Brush Fork, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brush Fork comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brush Fork?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brush Fork to be higher than in 24% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding67%Cold waves17%Earthquakes7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Brush Fork faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHeat wavesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Brush Fork flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mercer County.

Disasters that hit Brush Fork

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Brush ForkDeclared for Mercer County only

2024

Post-Tropical Storm Helene

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

7 households applied for aid $17K aid approved

Mercer County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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. Brush Fork 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 Brush Fork’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Brush Fork. 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.