Natural hazards · Sprague

Sprague, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sprague 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 Sprague?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sprague to be higher than in 7% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding66%Earthquakes10%Cold waves7%Strong wind5%Lightning5%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Sprague faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslides

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 Sprague flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Raleigh County.

Disasters that hit Sprague

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into SpragueDeclared for Raleigh County only

Raleigh 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. Sprague 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 Sprague’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Sprague. 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.