Natural hazards · Piney View

Piney View, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Piney View comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1993. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Piney View?

4
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Piney View to be higher than in 4% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Cold waves7%Strong wind5%Everything else17%
By hazard

What Piney View faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningAvalanches

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 Piney View flood?

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

8paid claims since 1993
$76Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19932026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Piney View isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Raleigh County.
Disasters that hit Piney View

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Piney ViewDeclared for Raleigh County only
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

5 households applied for aid $403 aid approved
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

5 households applied for aid $11K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

4 households applied for aid $10K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved
2003

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

1 household applied for aid
Raleigh County has had 25 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. Piney View covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Piney View’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Piney View. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Piney View total about $673K a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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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