Natural hazards · Valley Head

Valley Head, WV natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Valley Head comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Valley Head?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Valley Head to be higher than in 92% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding93%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Valley Head faces

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

Inland flooding

93% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHeat wavesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Valley Head flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Randolph County.

Disasters that hit Valley Head

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Valley HeadDeclared for Randolph County only

2016

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $7K aid approved

Randolph County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods 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. Valley Head 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 Valley Head’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Valley Head. 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.