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Gauley Bridge, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gauley Bridge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 2001. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Gauley Bridge?

97
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding93%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Gauley Bridge faces

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

Inland flooding

93% 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 Gauley Bridge flood?

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

10paid claims since 2001
$97Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
20012026

Biggest named events

  • Summer severe storms: 1 claim, $36K
  • West Virginia Flooding: 1 claim, $8K

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. Gauley Bridge 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

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Gauley Bridge

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Gauley BridgeDeclared for Fayette County only
2024

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

6 households applied for aid $27K aid approved
2022

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$1.0M to the Town of Gauley Bridge for repairs
2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

23 households applied for aid $65K aid approved
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

7 households applied for aid $10K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

8 households applied for aid $10K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

8 households applied for aid $24K aid approved
2003

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

2 households applied for aid
2001

Severe Storms, Flooding and Landslides

$72K to the Town of Gauley Bridge 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. Gauley Bridge 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 Gauley Bridge’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Gauley Bridge. 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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