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Clendenin, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clendenin comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 104 claims here since 1978. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Clendenin?

95
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clendenin to be higher than in 95% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding94%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Clendenin faces

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

Inland flooding

94% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 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 Clendenin flood?

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

104paid claims since 1978
$6.6Mpaid to owners
6homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Summer severe storms: 58 claims, $6.0M
  • Not a named storm: 1 claim, $690

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (2) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Clendenin isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Kanawha County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

52flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
2homes raised above flood level
1flood-prone homes bought out and moved
Disasters that hit Clendenin

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClendeninDeclared for Kanawha County only
2024

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2024

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

6 households applied for aid $61K aid approved
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

3 households applied for aid
2021

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid
2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1,081 households applied for aid $7.8M aid approved $1.2M to the Town of Clendenin for repairs
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

49 households applied for aid $35K aid approved $13K to the Town of Clendenin for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

2 households applied for aid $31K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

10 households applied for aid $21K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

61 households applied for aid $227K aid approved $11K to the Town of Clendenin for repairs
2003

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

18 households applied for aid $68K aid approved
Kanawha County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods 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. Clendenin 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 Clendenin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Clendenin. 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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