Natural hazards · Capon Bridge

Capon Bridge, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Capon Bridge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high 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 Capon Bridge?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Capon Bridge to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding88%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Capon Bridge faces

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

Inland flooding

88% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% 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 Capon Bridge flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hampshire County.

Disasters that hit Capon Bridge

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Capon Bridge itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Capon Bridge.

Brought FEMA money into Capon BridgeDeclared for Hampshire County only

2010

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

$5K to the Town of Capon Bridge for repairs

2003

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

$2K to the Town of Capon Bridge for repairs

Hampshire County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe 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. Capon Bridge 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 Capon Bridge’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Capon Bridge. 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.