Floods in West Virginia

Property owners in West Virginia have filed 27,290 federal flood insurance claims since 1978, with $378 million paid.

27,290flood insurance claims since 1978
$378Mpaid on those claims
1996most claims in one year, 4,190
19thamong the states for claims

2025

Floods on record, by year

Over time

The deadliest floods since 1996

Notable events

Jun 23, 2016	Flash Flood	Greenbrier, Summers	16	$41.0 million
Jun 14, 2025	Flash Flood	Ohio	9	$2.5 million
Jun 23, 2016	Flood	Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun	7	$121 million
Feb 18, 2000	Flash Flood	Barbour, Braxton, Cabell	3	$6.7 million
May 2, 2002	Flash Flood	Boone, Logan, McDowell	2	$89.6 million
Jul 8, 2001	Flash Flood	Boone, Doddridge, Fayette	1	$200 million

Every county

Counties with any recorded events, highest first.

Floods by county in West Virginia

Ohio County	3,123
Kanawha County	2,479
Logan County	2,149
Mingo County	1,679
McDowell County	1,050
Wood County	947
Greenbrier County	943
Wyoming County	923
Cabell County	807
Harrison County	786
Pocahontas County	706
Marshall County	541
Randolph County	536
Wetzel County	498
Brooke County	488
Raleigh County	479
Boone County	477
Wayne County	469
Gilmer County	455
Mercer County	437
Upshur County	417
Barbour County	377
Marion County	371
Tucker County	369
Hancock County	365
Monongalia County	361
Lincoln County	344
Lewis County	333
Berkeley County	312
Summers County	312
Jackson County	311
Fayette County	298
Putnam County	290
Calhoun County	264
Hampshire County	261
Nicholas County	216
Morgan County	204
Webster County	199
Mineral County	192
Roane County	189
Hardy County	188
Grant County	155
Jefferson County	143
Mason County	140
Preston County	99
Monroe County	89
Clay County	76
Pendleton County	67
Wirt County	67
Ritchie County	65
Tyler County	59
Doddridge County	52
Taylor County	50
Pleasants County	43
Braxton County	40

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency’s website(s).