Natural hazards · Gallipolis Ferry

Gallipolis Ferry, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gallipolis Ferry comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Gallipolis Ferry?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gallipolis Ferry to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding86%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Gallipolis Ferry faces

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

Inland flooding

86% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% 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 Gallipolis Ferry flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mason County.

Disasters that hit Gallipolis Ferry

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Gallipolis FerryDeclared for Mason County only

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

8 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

5 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

5 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2003

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

47 households applied for aid $39K aid approved

Mason County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Gallipolis Ferry

Gallipolis Ferry and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Claymostly inland floodingVery high

Gallipolis Ferrymostly inland floodingHigh

Gallipolismostly 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. Gallipolis Ferry 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 Gallipolis Ferry’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Gallipolis Ferry. 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.