Natural hazards · Chapmanville

Chapmanville, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Chapmanville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 20 claims here since 1978. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Chapmanville?

90
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Chapmanville to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding87%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Chapmanville faces

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

Inland flooding

87% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Chapmanville flood?

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

20paid claims since 1978
$117Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Not a named storm: 2 claims, $1K
  • April 2007 Nor'easter: 1 claim, $11K
  • February West Virginia Flooding: 1 claim, $14K

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Chapmanville

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ChapmanvilleDeclared for Logan County only
2025

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

45 households applied for aid $374K aid approved $40K to the Town of Chapmanville for repairs
2012

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Lanslides

18 households applied for aid $15K aid approved
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

22 households applied for aid $48K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

122 households applied for aid $290K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

390 households applied for aid $909K aid approved $1K to the Town of Chapmanville for repairs
2003

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

13 households applied for aid $36K aid approved
Logan County has had 28 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. Chapmanville 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 Chapmanville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Chapmanville. 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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