Natural hazards · Hendricks

Hendricks, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hendricks comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 30 claims here since 1985. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hendricks?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hendricks to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding87%Cold waves5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Hendricks faces

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

Inland flooding

87% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Hendricks flood?

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

30paid claims since 1985

$292Kpaid to owners

7homes flooded more than once

19852026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Fran: 1 claim, $4K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tucker County.

Disasters that hit Hendricks

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HendricksDeclared for Tucker County only

2003

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

$1K to the Town of Hendricks for repairs

Tucker County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Hendricks 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 Hendricks’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Hendricks. 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.