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Natural hazards · Lesage

Lesage, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lesage comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Lesage?

80
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lesage to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding82%Heat waves7%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Lesage faces

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

Inland flooding

82% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Lesage flood?

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

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

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LesageDeclared for Cabell County only
2024

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

8 households applied for aid $27K aid approved
2021

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

1 household applied for aid
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

8 households applied for aid $5K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

29 households applied for aid $103K aid approved
2003

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

2 households applied for aid $6K aid approved
Cabell County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Lesage

Lesage and the towns around it

Rome: Very high, mostly inland floodingUnion: Very high, mostly inland floodingMiller: Very high, mostly inland floodingWindsor: High, mostly inland floodingProctorville: Very high, mostly inland floodingGuyan: Very high, mostly inland floodingCrown City: Very high, mostly inland floodingLesage: Very high, mostly inland flooding LesageRome
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Romemostly inland floodingVery high
Lesagemostly inland floodingVery high
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. Lesage 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 Lesage’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Lesage. 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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