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Sissonville, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sissonville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Sissonville?

93
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sissonville to be higher than in 93% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding92%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Sissonville faces

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

Inland flooding

92% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 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 Sissonville flood?

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

16flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
2homes raised above flood level
Disasters that hit Sissonville

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SissonvilleDeclared for Kanawha County only
2024

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
2024

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

11 households applied for aid $44K aid approved
2021

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid
2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

8 households applied for aid $16K aid approved
2012

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

9 households applied for aid
2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides

1 household applied for aid $15K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

59 households applied for aid $262K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

17 households applied for aid $45K aid approved
2003

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

5 households applied for aid $12K aid approved
Kanawha County has had 27 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. Sissonville 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 Sissonville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Sissonville. 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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