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Most disaster-prone counties in West Virginia

West Virginia has 1,330 county-level FEMA disaster declarations across 55 counties. The dominant hazard type is severe storm. Lincoln County leads with 39 declarations, followed by Logan County and Mingo County.

This ranking shows every county in West Virginia ordered by how many times FEMA has issued a disaster declaration affecting it. Counties near coastlines, river systems, or wildfire corridors tend to appear at the top because the same geographic exposure produces recurring events across decades.

Each county links to a full disaster history page with the complete declaration timeline, hazard type breakdown, decade trends, and whatever FEMA spending data is available. For a national view, see the most disaster-prone counties in America page.

West Virginia ranking

All counties by FEMA declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTop hazardFirst yearLatest year
1Lincoln County39Severe Storm19672026
2Logan County36Severe Storm19672026
3Mingo County36Severe Storm19672026
4Kanawha County34Severe Storm19672026
5Wayne County33Severe Storm19672026
6Cabell County32Severe Storm19672026
7Boone County31Severe Storm19672026
8Wyoming County30Severe Storm19672026
9Raleigh County29Severe Storm19672026
10Greenbrier County27Flood19672026
11McDowell County27Severe Storm19722026
12Mercer County27Severe Storm19672026
13Wetzel County27Severe Storm19722026
14Clay County26Severe Storm19672026
15Nicholas County26Severe Storm19672026
16Roane County26Severe Storm19932026
17Fayette County25Severe Storm19672026
18Gilmer County25Severe Storm19672026
19Jackson County25Severe Storm19672026
20Marshall County25Severe Storm19722026
21Tyler County25Severe Storm19852026
22Braxton County24Severe Storm19672026
23Calhoun County24Severe Storm19672026
24Doddridge County24Severe Storm19672026
25Harrison County24Severe Storm19672026
26Lewis County24Severe Storm19672026
27Preston County24Severe Storm19722026
28Putnam County24Severe Storm19672026
29Summers County24Severe Storm19672026
30Tucker County24Severe Storm19672026
31Ohio County23Flood19722026
32Pendleton County23Severe Storm19772026
33Pocahontas County23Flood19672026
34Webster County23Severe Storm19802026
35Hardy County22Severe Storm19672026
36Marion County22Severe Storm19672026
37Randolph County22Flood19672026
38Grant County21Severe Storm19772026
39Mason County21Severe Storm19672026
40Monongalia County21Severe Storm19722026
41Upshur County21Severe Storm19672026
42Wirt County21Severe Storm19672026
43Barbour County20Severe Storm19672026
44Ritchie County20Severe Storm19932026
45Taylor County20Severe Storm19802026
46Hampshire County19Flood19672026
47Jefferson County19Severe Storm19722026
48Mineral County19Severe Storm19672026
49Monroe County19Flood19672026
50Berkeley County18Severe Storm19722026
51Brooke County18Severe Storm19722026
52Hancock County18Severe Storm19722026
53Wood County18Severe Storm19672026
54Morgan County17Severe Storm19722026
55Pleasants County15Severe Storm19932026