Natural hazards · Daniels

Daniels, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Daniels comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 34 claims here since 1978. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Daniels?

43
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Daniels to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding83%Everything else17%
By hazard

What Daniels faces

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

Inland flooding

83% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Daniels flood?

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

34paid claims since 1978
$729Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • February West Virginia Flooding: 3 claims, $145K
  • Heavy rains: 1 claim, $3K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Daniels isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Raleigh County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Daniels

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DanielsDeclared for Raleigh County only
2025

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

2 households applied for aid $8K aid approved
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

8 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

27 households applied for aid $42K aid approved
2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

3 households applied for aid $989 aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

9 households applied for aid $21K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

9 households applied for aid $24K aid approved
2003

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

7 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
Raleigh County has had 25 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. Daniels covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Daniels’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Daniels. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Daniels total about $1.3M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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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