Natural hazards · Matheny

Matheny, WV natural hazards

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

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding83%Cold waves10%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Matheny faces

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

Inland flooding

83% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

10% 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 Matheny flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Matheny 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

41flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Matheny

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MathenyDeclared for Wyoming County only

2025

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

34 households applied for aid $224K aid approved

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

8 households applied for aid $36K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

20 households applied for aid $31K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

5 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2003

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

6 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

Wyoming County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

About these numbers

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

Matheny, WV natural hazards

How exposed is Matheny?

What Matheny faces

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Matheny flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

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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