Natural hazards · Glen Fork

Glen Fork, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Glen Fork comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Glen Fork?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Glen Fork to be higher than in 91% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Cold waves12%Avalanches8%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Glen Fork faces

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

Inland flooding

74% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Avalanches

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Glen Fork flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wyoming County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Glen Fork

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Glen ForkDeclared for Wyoming County only

2025

Severe Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

40 households applied for aid $238K aid approved

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

3 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

1 household applied for aid $242 aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

24 households applied for aid $47K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

5 households applied for aid $25K aid approved

Wyoming County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

About these numbers

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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. Glen Fork 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 Glen Fork’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Glen Fork. 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.

Glen Fork, WV natural hazards

How exposed is Glen Fork?

What Glen Fork faces

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Avalanches

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Glen Fork flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

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