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Natural hazards · Follansbee

Follansbee, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Follansbee comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1980. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Follansbee?

71
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Follansbee to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding91%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Follansbee faces

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

Inland flooding

91% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about once 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 Follansbee flood?

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

17paid claims since 1980
$720Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19802026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Follansbee isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Brooke County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Follansbee

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FollansbeeDeclared for Brooke County only
2018

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$178K to the City of Follansbee for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorms

$750 to the City of Follansbee for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$182K to the City of Follansbee for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

52 households applied for aid $80K aid approved $25K to the City of Follansbee for repairs
2003

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

$11K to the City of Follansbee for repairs
Brooke County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Follansbee

Follansbee and the towns around it

Hooverson Heights: High, mostly inland floodingSteubenville: High, mostly inland floodingMingo Junction: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSteubenville: Very low, mostly inland floodingWells: Very high, mostly inland floodingCross Creek: Very low, mostly inland floodingWellsburg: Very high, mostly inland floodingFollansbee: High, mostly inland flooding FollansbeeHooverson HeightsSteubenvilleMingo Junction
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Follansbeemostly inland floodingHigh
Hooverson Heightsmostly inland floodingHigh
Steubenvillemostly inland floodingHigh
Mingo Junctionmostly inland floodingModerate
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. Follansbee covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Follansbee’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Follansbee. 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 Follansbee total about $1.5M 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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