Natural hazards · Ellenboro

Ellenboro, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ellenboro comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1998. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ellenboro?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ellenboro to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding89%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Ellenboro 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 · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Ellenboro flood?

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

1paid claims since 1998

$9Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19982026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ritchie County.

Disasters that hit Ellenboro

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EllenboroDeclared for Ritchie County only

2026

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

2 households applied for aid

Ritchie County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter 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. Ellenboro 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 Ellenboro’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Ellenboro. 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.