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Meadow Bridge, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Meadow Bridge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2010. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Meadow Bridge?

73
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Meadow Bridge to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Lightning10%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Meadow Bridge faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lightning

10% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windAvalanches

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 Meadow Bridge flood?

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

2paid claims since 2010
$7Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20102026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Meadow Bridge isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Fayette County.
Disasters that hit Meadow Bridge

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Meadow Bridge itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Meadow Bridge.

Brought FEMA money into Meadow BridgeDeclared for Fayette County only
2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

29 households applied for aid $25K aid approved
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

31 households applied for aid $11K aid approved
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

4 households applied for aid
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

3 households applied for aid $7K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

43 households applied for aid $149K aid approved
2003

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

5 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
Fayette County has had 20 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. Meadow Bridge 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 Meadow Bridge’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Meadow Bridge. 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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