FEMA NRI v1.20Released December 2025Methodology

West Virginia Disaster Risk

Natural disaster risk data for all 55 counties.

FEMA release

December 2025

Mean county NRI score

49.2

Counties with Data

of 55 total

County risk atlas

West Virginia hazard exposure by county

FEMA NRI v1.20 scores on a 0–100 relative scale. Toggle the composite and five selected hazard categories out of FEMA's 18. Flood is the higher of Coastal Flooding and Inland Flooding NRI scores.

Counties

55/55

Mean county NRI score

49.2

Risk layers

Highest Risk Counties

Kanawha County

Relatively High

NRI score 94.5

Cabell County

Relatively Moderate

NRI score 85.4

Wood County

Relatively Low

NRI score 79.8

Wayne County

Relatively Low

NRI score 79.8

Logan County

Relatively Low

NRI score 79.2

Lowest Risk Counties

Wirt County

Very Low

NRI score 9.0

Gilmer County

Very Low

NRI score 11.5

Tucker County

Very Low

NRI score 12.6

Doddridge County

Very Low

NRI score 14.4

Ritchie County

Very Low

NRI score 16.1

All West Virginia Counties

County	NRI score	FEMA Rating	Flood	Wildfire	Tornado	Earthquake
Kanawha County	94.5	Relatively High	97.9	61.5	35.2	76.3
Cabell County	85.4	Relatively Moderate	91.9	69.2	55.1	71.8
Wood County	79.8	Relatively Low	89.6	26.0	32.9	53.6
Wayne County	79.8	Relatively Low	89.2	76.1	34.1	48.2
Logan County	79.2	Relatively Low	89.4	82.6	13.5	48.9
McDowell County	76.7	Relatively Low	84.7	69.3	11.1	58.6
Greenbrier County	75.8	Relatively Low	84.6	57.2	12.8	56.0
Putnam County	74.0	Relatively Low	86.9	50.3	18.8	43.0
Harrison County	73.6	Relatively Low	86.7	25.2	35.0	51.9
Mingo County	72.6	Relatively Low	86.0	81.8	12.2	48.5
Monongalia County	71.5	Relatively Low	85.0	30.8	46.0	44.4
Marion County	71.5	Relatively Low	85.7	30.2	30.9	42.1
Ohio County	69.8	Relatively Low	85.3	15.3	33.5	28.9
Boone County	69.4	Relatively Low	85.0	74.3	10.6	38.8
Berkeley County	68.3	Relatively Low	79.8	31.6	42.6	66.1
Wyoming County	67.4	Relatively Low	82.7	74.5	9.2	40.7
Raleigh County	65.5	Relatively Low	80.9	75.1	15.6	70.4
Mercer County	65.2	Relatively Low	78.3	62.8	17.2	71.0
Lincoln County	59.7	Relatively Low	78.7	72.0	11.9	37.2
Nicholas County	58.2	Relatively Low	67.0	40.6	9.7	39.5
Mason County	57.4	Relatively Low	76.3	30.9	16.0	44.0
Randolph County	57.1	Relatively Low	78.3	16.9	9.1	33.9
Wetzel County	56.9	Relatively Low	78.3	10.6	15.9	22.8
Marshall County	56.8	Relatively Low	76.7	23.9	31.2	28.2
Jackson County	56.5	Relatively Low	75.8	20.4	12.8	41.6
Brooke County	54.2	Relatively Low	75.7	16.3	22.3	29.3
Fayette County	53.4	Relatively Low	72.9	49.5	10.7	52.3
Mineral County	52.8	Relatively Low	74.2	25.8	18.5	32.3
Jefferson County	47.8	Relatively Low	64.2	21.9	36.6	62.8
Roane County	45.0	Relatively Low	69.2	17.1	8.5	31.0
Upshur County	44.8	Relatively Low	68.4	10.7	12.8	33.4
Lewis County	43.7	Relatively Low	69.1	7.3	11.5	26.0
Hardy County	42.5	Very Low	65.3	57.0	16.3	33.1
Hancock County	40.7	Very Low	66.3	16.5	23.0	30.6
Summers County	40.2	Very Low	59.6	46.9	6.8	33.1
Hampshire County	38.0	Very Low	62.8	54.9	20.0	32.6
Braxton County	36.2	Very Low	63.6	5.4	6.6	27.4
Tyler County	35.6	Very Low	63.0	7.9	14.5	21.9
Webster County	35.3	Very Low	60.5	2.2	4.5	24.3
Preston County	33.8	Very Low	59.6	27.4	27.1	27.8
Grant County	33.2	Very Low	57.9	51.5	14.7	28.6
Morgan County	30.4	Very Low	55.9	20.2	18.4	30.4
Pendleton County	30.1	Very Low	58.5	26.8	6.5	18.7
Monroe County	28.3	Very Low	49.3	50.3	9.7	44.1
Pocahontas County	27.5	Very Low	54.2	13.2	5.6	23.1
Barbour County	24.0	Very Low	51.7	11.6	11.5	24.5
Taylor County	23.5	Very Low	53.5	14.9	15.1	21.5
Clay County	22.3	Very Low	53.5	28.0	5.8	25.8
Pleasants County	20.3	Very Low	50.0	3.7	12.4	15.5
Calhoun County	16.8	Very Low	45.5	3.8	5.7	24.6
Ritchie County	16.1	Very Low	44.4	3.9	9.0	21.9
Doddridge County	14.4	Very Low	43.6	10.7	9.9	21.7
Tucker County	12.6	Very Low	39.6	10.1	8.6	16.1
Gilmer County	11.5	Very Low	39.2	1.3	4.6	18.3
Wirt County	9.0	Very Low	35.5	0.5	7.2	12.1

Frequently Asked Questions

How many West Virginia county records are included?

RiskByCounty includes 55 West Virginia county records from FEMA NRI v1.20 (December 2025).

Which FEMA county ratings appear in West Virginia?

FEMA NRI v1.20 (December 2025) county rating counts for West Virginia: Very Low: 23; Relatively Low: 30; Relatively Moderate: 1; Relatively High: 1; Very High: 0; Not available: 0.

How complete are the five selected hazard fields for West Virginia?

FEMA NRI v1.20 (December 2025) availability among 55 county records: Flood: 55 of 55; Wildfire: 55 of 55; Tornado: 55 of 55; Earthquake: 55 of 55; Hurricane: 55 of 55. RiskByCounty displays five selected hazard categories out of FEMA's 18.

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Data Source

County data sourced from FEMA National Risk Index v1.20, released December 2025. Values are labeled NRI score (0–100 relative scale). RiskByCounty displays five selected hazard categories out of FEMA's 18; flood is the higher of the Coastal Flooding and Inland Flooding source scores.

RiskByCounty presents county-level source fields and deterministic arithmetic summaries.

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