Natural hazards · Shenandoah Junction

Shenandoah Junction, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Shenandoah Junction comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Shenandoah Junction?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Shenandoah Junction to be higher than in 5% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding52%Drought10%Strong wind9%Tornadoes7%Heat waves6%Hurricanes5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Shenandoah Junction faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Shenandoah Junction flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson County.

Disasters that hit Shenandoah Junction

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Jefferson County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Shenandoah Junction itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Shenandoah JunctionDeclared for Jefferson County only

Jefferson County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms 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. Shenandoah Junction 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 Shenandoah Junction’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Shenandoah Junction. 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.