Natural hazards · Kopperston

Kopperston, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kopperston 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 Kopperston?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kopperston to be higher than in 97% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Cold waves12%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Kopperston faces

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

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% 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

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 Kopperston flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Kopperston 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.

Disasters that hit Kopperston

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KopperstonDeclared for Wyoming County only

2025

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

2 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

7 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

9 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

6 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2003

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

1 household applied for aid $7K aid approved

Wyoming County has had 24 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. Kopperston 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 Kopperston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Kopperston. 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.

Kopperston, WV natural hazards

How exposed is Kopperston?

What Kopperston faces

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Kopperston flood?

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, and Landslides

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

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

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