Logan County

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Mapped landslides

Mapped by WV GS (4,062), NASA (7).

1. Landslides mapped in the USGS compilation of landslide inventories across the United States (version 3.0, 2025), rated probable or better. The compilation joins inventories made by federal and state agencies for different purposes and areas, so the number mapped in a county reflects how closely it has been surveyed as much as how often its slopes fail. An area with few records may simply not have been mapped. Deaths are as recorded in the inventories; a slide listed in two inventories is counted once.

USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0, retrieved October 27, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. May 30, 2004Flash Flood$7.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The axis of heavier rain ran east out of Mingo County through central and southern Logan County, generally south and east of the city of Logan. The maximum rain amounts dampened just slightly from Mingo County, with a maximum of around 4 inches. The 24 hour rain amount at the cooperative observer at Man was 4.15 inches. A gauge south of Holden near Pickering Knob and the county line measured 3.5 inches. The Island Creek basin, including Cooperas Mine Fork and Whitman Creek, plus other streams such Rich Creek and Buffalo Creek were in the heaviest rains over Logan County. Communities such as Holden, Whitman, Cora, Omar, Chauncey, Switzer, Monaville, and Wilkinson were hit hard by…

2. Mar 15, 2012Flash Flood$5.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The worst flooding in terms of damage, was along the west to east flowing Mud Fork. The Mud Fork basin drains through small communities such as Troy Town, Shegon, and Verdunville. Around Mt Gay, the Mud Fork joins with the Copperas Mine Fork and Island Creek, before they empty into the Guyandotte River. Smaller tributaries such as Coal Branch and Lower Dempsey Branch were also flooded. Island Creek around Monaville was also flooded. One resident along Mud Fork said, cars were going down the road like tic-tacs floating. The children at the Verdunville Elementary School remained safe in the school until the water receded. ||Ten homes were destroyed, 76 suffered major damage, and 133…

3. Jun 16, 2003Flash Flood$4.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Localized downpours caused severe flash flooding from Hoover Branch of Big Harts Creek on northeast, through the Chapmanville vicinity. The Big Creek drainage, including North Fork, Garrett Fork, and Rocklick Branch, were flooded. Godby Branch also flooded. American Red Cross surveyed 12 single family dwellings and 4 mobile homes destroyed. Major damage occurred to 34 single family homes. In addition, 16 mobile homes had major damage. Some residents along Garrett Fork, sat on their roofs awaiting rescue. In the June flash flooding, damage to private homes in Logan County was second, only to Kanawha County.

4. Jun 12, 2010Flash Flood$4.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Streams that flow into the Mount Gay community from the west and south, such as Mud Fork, Copperas Mine Fork, and Whitman Creek flooded. This also hit communities such as Verdunville, Cora, Shamrock, and Holden. Further upstream, the streams and mountainsides that drain into the Guyandotte River also flooded. This included areas such as the south portion fo Man and around Mallory. Many small hollows were flooded. This would include Madison Branch. A resident along Madison Branch described the flooding as the mountains letting loose and washing out the ground surrounding the homes of her relatives. They were unable to get out of the hollow to get water or supplies. At Taplin, a…

5. May 15, 1996Flash Flood$3.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Training showers and thunderstorms moved southeast acrosssouthern West Virginia overnight, along a warm frontalboundary. A rainfall of 2.5 to 3.5 inches was common inin 6 hours. Pineville and Mullens of Wyoming Countyhad 3.6 inches, Elkhorn of McDowell County had 3.2 inches,and Branchland of Lincoln County had 3.0 inches. Around400 people were evacuated in Logan County, about 100 inBoone County, and about 40 residents in Wayne County.A 57 year old woman from Whitman of Logan County diedwhen she tried to evacuate her home around 0015 EST on the16th. She tried to wade through the flood waters from Whitman Creek, but drowned. Several other people were rescued whenstranded by the…

6. Jul 19, 2002Flash Flood$800,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Rains of 2.5 to 3.5 inches in less than 3 hours, flooded creeks and roads. A coal sediment pond, about 10 feet deep, 100 feet wide, and 250 feet long, overflowed along Winding Shoals Branch. The sludge rushed down the hollow, damaging around a dozen homes. About 35 people lived in the hollow. Luckily, no one was injured. One woman escaped out the back door of a mobile home and up a hillside. She said, "I just knew we were going to die." About 10 vehicles were destroyed. The recovery efforts included the coal company buying new homes and vehicles for the residents.

7. Apr 15, 2007Flood$750,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Both small stream and river flooding was common throughout the county.

8. Jun 29, 2012Thunderstorm Wind$750,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Numerous trees and large branches were blown down in the county. The peak wind at the Logan airport was 56 mph. Electricity was lost to around 12,700 customers. Three homes were destroyed and 3 others had minor damage. The public infrastructure damage assessment was around $229,000.

9. Oct 18, 2012Hail$700,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A car dealership had several vehicles damaged by hail. The hail was as large as quarters.

10. Aug 11, 2006Flash Flood$700,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Late night thunderstorms trained for about 4 hours along an old outflow boundary. This occurred from about 2200E on the 10th to 0200E on the 11th. The largest rain amounts of 2 to 3.5 inches were concentrated along Huff Creek and its small feeder streams. This included Sturgill and Mallory Hollows. Oceana reported 3.4 inches of rain in their 24 hour report at dawn on the 11th. Man measured 2 inches. In Wyoming County near Huff Mountain, Paynter Branch washed out a private bridge. A private bridge was also washed out along Elk Creek in Logan County. Water was reported around some buildings in Oceana. Flooding was more severe along Huff Creek in Logan County, including the Gillman…

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

105°FJun 30, 2012

All-time low

−15°F3 times, most recently Jan 20, 1994

Warmest night

80°F2 times, most recently Jun 23, 1914

Coldest day

0°FJan 11, 1982

Wettest day

4.64 inJun 28, 1932

Snowiest day

18.0 inFeb 13, 1985

Hottest year

2024mean 61.3°F

Coldest year

1979mean 52.6°F

Wettest year

197560.96 in

Driest year

199931.31 in

Snowiest season

44.3 in2009-10

Station Logan (USC00465353), 672 ft elevation, 1.0 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1901 to October 23, 2026; 93.9% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00465353.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Landslides USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0 (2025).
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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