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Natural hazards · Mullens

Mullens, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mullens comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 136 claims here since 1978. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Mullens?

96
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mullens to be higher than in 96% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding81%Cold waves11%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Mullens faces

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

Inland flooding

81% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

11% 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 Mullens flood?

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

136paid claims since 1978
$4.4Mpaid to owners
21homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Storm: 15 claims, $253K
  • February West Virginia Flooding: 8 claims, $327K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (5) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Mullens 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

28flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Mullens

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MullensDeclared for Wyoming County only
2025

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

46 households applied for aid $290K aid approved
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$13K to the City of Mullens for repairs
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

1 household applied for aid
2009

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$3K to the City of Mullens for repairs
2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

52 households applied for aid $83K aid approved $3K to the City of Mullens for repairs
2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$15K to the City of Mullens for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

19 households applied for aid $73K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

82 households applied for aid $160K aid approved $53K to the City of Mullens for repairs
2003

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

11 households applied for aid $19K aid approved $42K to the City of Mullens for repairs
2001

Severe Storms, Flooding and Landslides

$982K to the City of Mullens for repairs
Wyoming 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. Mullens 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 Mullens’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Mullens. 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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