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Fayetteville, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fayetteville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Fayetteville?

15
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fayetteville to be higher than in 15% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and lightning.

Inland flooding60%Lightning17%Avalanches8%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Fayetteville faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lightning

17% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Avalanches

8% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 100 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong wind

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 Fayetteville flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Fayetteville.

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

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

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FayettevilleDeclared for Fayette County only
2024

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

14 households applied for aid $24K aid approved
2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

49 households applied for aid $107K aid approved $19K to the Town of Fayetteville for repairs
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

120 households applied for aid $40K aid approved $86K to the Town of Fayetteville for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

15 households applied for aid $15K aid approved
2009

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$4K to the Town of Fayetteville for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

13 households applied for aid $30K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

22 households applied for aid $39K aid approved
2003

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

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2001

Severe Storms, Flooding and Landslides

$50K to the Town of Fayetteville for repairs
Fayette County has had 20 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. Fayetteville 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 Fayetteville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Fayetteville. 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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