Natural hazards · Glasgow

Glasgow, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Glasgow comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2010. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Glasgow?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Glasgow to be higher than in 98% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding95%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Glasgow faces

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

Inland flooding

95% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 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 Glasgow flood?

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

2paid claims since 2010

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20102026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kanawha County.

Disasters that hit Glasgow

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GlasgowDeclared for Kanawha County only

2024

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

2 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

7 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $41K to the Town of Glasgow for repairs

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

5 households applied for aid

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

1 household applied for aid $293 aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

1 household applied for aid $2K to the Town of Glasgow for repairs

Kanawha County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe 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. Glasgow 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 Glasgow’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Glasgow. 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.

Glasgow, WV natural hazards

How exposed is Glasgow?

What Glasgow faces

Inland flooding

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Glasgow flood?

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

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