# Counties in West Virginia by expected annual loss from natural hazards (FEMA National Risk Index), 2025

All 55 values come from Federal Emergency Management Agency for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `nri_expected_annual_loss`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Average loss in US dollars that FEMA expects a US state or county to suffer each year from 18 natural hazards, adding building value, agriculture value and lives lost or injuries valued in dollars, from the National Risk Index. FEMA modelled it from historical hazard frequency, exposure and loss ratios.
- Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Risk Index Counties and States, Expected Annual Loss Total Composite (EAL_VALT) (https://fema.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=39485e8035d446a5bff03259508ae355)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/fema
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), National Risk Index Dataset: National Risk Index Counties and States, Expected Annual Loss Total Composite (EAL_VALT). https://fema.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=39485e8035d446a5bff03259508ae355. Retrieved 2026-10-12. This product uses the FEMA National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets 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).
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/expected-annual-loss-natural-hazards/west-virginia-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Kanawha County | 142,854,223 |
| 2 | Cabell County | 49,314,384 |
| 3 | Wood County | 36,823,280 |
| 4 | Monongalia County | 36,322,628 |
| 5 | Berkeley County | 35,234,123 |
| 6 | Putnam County | 33,790,019 |
| 7 | Ohio County | 31,538,701 |
| 8 | Wayne County | 30,865,036 |
| 9 | Logan County | 29,790,671 |
| 10 | Marion County | 29,563,026 |
| 11 | Harrison County | 28,225,189 |
| 12 | Greenbrier County | 25,467,172 |
| 13 | McDowell County | 20,512,062 |
| 14 | Raleigh County | 19,984,036 |
| 15 | Wyoming County | 18,913,182 |
| 16 | Boone County | 18,806,500 |
| 17 | Randolph County | 18,737,321 |
| 18 | Jefferson County | 18,682,852 |
| 19 | Mercer County | 18,456,665 |
| 20 | Marshall County | 17,779,693 |
| 21 | Mingo County | 17,624,354 |
| 22 | Wetzel County | 16,153,280 |
| 23 | Mason County | 15,497,956 |
| 24 | Jackson County | 15,437,323 |
| 25 | Lincoln County | 15,385,915 |
| 26 | Mineral County | 14,706,166 |
| 27 | Fayette County | 14,404,583 |
| 28 | Nicholas County | 14,218,441 |
| 29 | Brooke County | 12,565,487 |
| 30 | Lewis County | 11,905,096 |
| 31 | Hancock County | 11,806,807 |
| 32 | Upshur County | 11,640,888 |
| 33 | Hardy County | 10,777,515 |
| 34 | Hampshire County | 10,359,475 |
| 35 | Roane County | 9,886,977 |
| 36 | Pendleton County | 9,802,316 |
| 37 | Preston County | 9,143,963 |
| 38 | Braxton County | 8,778,554 |
| 39 | Grant County | 8,179,658 |
| 40 | Summers County | 8,157,585 |
| 41 | Taylor County | 7,752,248 |
| 42 | Barbour County | 7,710,050 |
| 43 | Morgan County | 7,667,752 |
| 44 | Tyler County | 7,124,378 |
| 45 | Pocahontas County | 6,776,494 |
| 46 | Webster County | 6,323,430 |
| 47 | Monroe County | 6,322,332 |
| 48 | Doddridge County | 6,125,170 |
| 49 | Ritchie County | 5,944,877 |
| 50 | Gilmer County | 5,927,973 |
| 51 | Pleasants County | 5,611,058 |
| 52 | Calhoun County | 4,929,153 |
| 53 | Clay County | 4,685,638 |
| 54 | Tucker County | 4,527,295 |
| 55 | Wirt County | 3,909,281 |