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Natural hazards · Glen Jean

Glen Jean, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Glen Jean comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Glen Jean?

56
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Glen Jean to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Lightning12%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Glen Jean faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lightning

12% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windAvalanches

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 Glen Jean flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Glen Jean 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

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Glen Jean

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Glen JeanDeclared for Fayette County only
2024

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

3 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

7 households applied for aid $10K aid approved
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

35 households applied for aid $128K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

1 household applied for aid $198 aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

11 households applied for aid $39K aid approved
2003

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

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
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. Glen Jean 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 Jean’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Glen Jean. 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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