Natural hazards · Lashmeet

Lashmeet, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lashmeet comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Lashmeet?

71
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lashmeet to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding74%Cold waves16%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Lashmeet 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 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHeat wavesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Lashmeet flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Lashmeet isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Mercer County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

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

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LashmeetDeclared for Mercer County only
2025

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

23 households applied for aid $129K aid approved
2024

Post-Tropical Storm Helene

9 households applied for aid $19K aid approved
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

9 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

15 households applied for aid $47K aid approved
2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

6 households applied for aid $8K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

10 households applied for aid $12K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

18 households applied for aid $54K aid approved
2003

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

10 households applied for aid $31K aid approved
Mercer County has had 24 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. Lashmeet 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 Lashmeet’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Lashmeet. 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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