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Delbarton, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Delbarton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 41 claims here since 1978. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Delbarton?

97
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Delbarton to be higher than in 97% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding89%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Delbarton faces

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

Inland flooding

89% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% 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 Delbarton flood?

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

41paid claims since 1978
$387Kpaid to owners
4homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • April 2007 Nor'easter: 13 claims, $80K
  • Storm: 7 claims, $41K
  • Not a named storm: 1 claim, $611

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

7flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Delbarton

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DelbartonDeclared for Mingo County only
2025

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

172 households applied for aid $927K aid approved $162K to the Town of Delbarton for repairs
2021

Severe Storms and Flooding

29 households applied for aid $103K aid approved
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

7 households applied for aid $199 aid approved
2012

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Lanslides

5 households applied for aid $595 aid approved
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

30 households applied for aid $44K aid approved
2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

397 households applied for aid $1.3M aid approved $57K to the Town of Delbarton for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

908 households applied for aid $3.3M aid approved $15K to the Town of Delbarton for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

43 households applied for aid $92K aid approved
2003

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

40 households applied for aid $81K aid approved
Mingo County has had 30 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. Delbarton 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 Delbarton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Delbarton. 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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