Natural hazards · Cameron

Cameron, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cameron comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 21 claims here since 1994. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Cameron?

77
High
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding90%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Cameron faces

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

Inland flooding

90% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

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 Cameron flood?

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

21paid claims since 1994
$250Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19942026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $6K

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

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CameronDeclared for Marshall County only
2024

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid
2024

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid $89K aid approved
2017

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

4 households applied for aid $8K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

25 households applied for aid $45K aid approved $26K to the City of Cameron for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$2K to the City of Cameron for repairs
2003

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

$4K to the City of Cameron for repairs
Marshall County has had 22 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. Cameron 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 Cameron’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Cameron. 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.

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