Natural hazards · Salt Rock

Salt Rock, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Salt Rock 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 Salt Rock?

98
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Salt Rock to be higher than in 98% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding91%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Salt Rock faces

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

Inland flooding

91% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Salt Rock flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Salt Rock isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Cabell County.
Disasters that hit Salt Rock

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Salt RockDeclared for Cabell County only
2024

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

3 households applied for aid
2021

Severe Storms and Flooding

17 households applied for aid $130K aid approved
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

4 households applied for aid $8K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

6 households applied for aid $11K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

6 households applied for aid $13K aid approved
2003

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

24 households applied for aid $176K aid approved
Cabell 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. Salt Rock 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 Salt Rock’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Salt Rock. 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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