Natural hazards · Logan

Logan, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Logan comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 39 claims here since 1978. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Logan?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Logan to be higher than in 93% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding92%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Logan 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 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Logan flood?

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

39paid claims since 1978

$211Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

April 2007 Nor'easter: 3 claims, $8K
Not a named storm: 3 claims, $7K
February West Virginia Flooding: 2 claims, $53K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Logan County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

18flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Logan

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LoganDeclared for Logan County only

2025

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

168 households applied for aid $939K aid approved $104K to the City of Logan for repairs

2015

Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$40K to the City of Logan for repairs

2012

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Lanslides

127 households applied for aid $304K aid approved $1.6M to the City of Logan for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

40 households applied for aid $66K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

130 households applied for aid $306K aid approved $8K to the City of Logan for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

15 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2003

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

2 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

Logan County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Logan

Logan and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Loganmostly inland floodingVery high

Stollingsmostly inland floodingVery high

Mount Gay-Shamrockmostly 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. Logan 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 Logan’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Logan. 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.