Natural hazards · Littleton

Littleton, WV natural hazards

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

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Littleton to be higher than in 94% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding92%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Littleton faces

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

Inland flooding

92% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Littleton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wetzel County.

Disasters that hit Littleton

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LittletonDeclared for Wetzel County only

2024

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

2017

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

48 households applied for aid $321K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Mudslides, and

1 household applied for aid

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

4 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

5 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

Wetzel 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. Littleton 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 Littleton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Littleton. 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.

Littleton, WV natural hazards

How exposed is Littleton?

What Littleton faces

Inland flooding

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Littleton flood?

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Mudslides, and

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

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