Natural hazards · Ravenswood

Ravenswood, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ravenswood comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1985. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ravenswood?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ravenswood to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding87%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Ravenswood faces

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

Inland flooding

87% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Ravenswood flood?

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

8paid claims since 1985

$58Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19852026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Ivan: 1 claim, $4K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jackson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Ravenswood

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RavenswoodDeclared for Jackson County only

2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

20 households applied for aid $30K aid approved

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

17 households applied for aid $9K aid approved $5K to the City of Ravenswood for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Mudslides, and

14 households applied for aid $42K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

23 households applied for aid $71K aid approved

2003

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

37 households applied for aid $25K aid approved

Jackson County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe 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. Ravenswood 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 Ravenswood’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Ravenswood. 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.