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Kenova, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kenova comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1978. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Kenova?

59
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kenova to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding71%Heat waves16%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Kenova faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

16% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Kenova flood?

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

10paid claims since 1978
$91Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Ivan: 2 claims, $21K
  • Not a named storm: 1 claim, $950
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Kenova isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Wayne County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

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

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KenovaDeclared for Wayne County only
2025

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

16 households applied for aid $13K aid approved $29K to the City of Kenova for repairs
2024

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

13 households applied for aid $228K aid approved
2021

Severe Storms and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $44K aid approved
2021

Severe Winter Storms

$92K to the City of Kenova for repairs
2012

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

1 household applied for aid
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

5 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

7 households applied for aid $8K aid approved
2003

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

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $9K to the City of Kenova for repairs
Wayne County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Kenova

Kenova and the towns around it

Ceredo: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSouth Point: High, mostly inland floodingFayette: High, mostly inland floodingCatlettsburg: Very high, mostly inland floodingPerry: High, mostly inland floodingBurlington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHuntington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingUnion: Very high, mostly inland floodingLawrence: High, mostly inland floodingAshland: Low, mostly inland floodingUpper: Very high, mostly inland floodingCoal Grove: Moderate, mostly inland floodingKenova: Moderate, mostly inland flooding KenovaCeredoSouth PointFayetteCatlettsburgPerry
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Catlettsburgmostly inland floodingVery high
South Pointmostly inland floodingHigh
Perrymostly inland floodingHigh
Fayettemostly inland floodingHigh
Kenovamostly inland floodingModerate
Ceredomostly inland floodingModerate
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. Kenova covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Kenova’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Kenova. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Kenova total about $1.8M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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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