Natural hazards · Scarbro

Scarbro, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Scarbro comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Scarbro?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Scarbro to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Lightning12%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Scarbro faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lightning

12% 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 Scarbro flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Scarbro 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

7flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Scarbro

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ScarbroDeclared for Fayette County only

2024

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

4 households applied for aid $17K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

11 households applied for aid $31K aid approved

2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

61 households applied for aid $51K aid approved

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

52 households applied for aid $78K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

16 households applied for aid $20K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

37 households applied for aid $74K aid approved

2003

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

4 households applied for aid $2K 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. Scarbro 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 Scarbro’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Scarbro. 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.

Scarbro, WV natural hazards

How exposed is Scarbro?

What Scarbro faces

Inland flooding

Lightning

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Scarbro flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

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

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