# Counties in West Virginia by national Risk Index score (FEMA), 2025

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

- Indicator id: `nri_risk_index_score`
- Unit: index
- Definition: FEMA's composite natural hazard risk score for a US county, from 0 to 100: the county's national percentile rank among all counties for risk, which combines expected annual losses from 18 natural hazards with social vulnerability and community resilience. Higher means more risk.
- Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Risk Index Counties, National Risk Index Score Composite (RISK_SCORE) (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, National Risk Index Score Composite (RISK_SCORE). 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/national-risk-index-score/west-virginia-counties

| Rank | Place | index |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Kanawha County | 94.5 |
| 2 | Cabell County | 85.4 |
| 3 | Wood County | 79.8 |
| 4 | Wayne County | 79.8 |
| 5 | Logan County | 79.2 |
| 6 | McDowell County | 76.7 |
| 7 | Greenbrier County | 75.8 |
| 8 | Putnam County | 74 |
| 9 | Harrison County | 73.6 |
| 10 | Mingo County | 72.6 |
| 11 | Monongalia County | 71.5 |
| 12 | Marion County | 71.5 |
| 13 | Ohio County | 69.8 |
| 14 | Boone County | 69.4 |
| 15 | Berkeley County | 68.3 |
| 16 | Wyoming County | 67.4 |
| 17 | Raleigh County | 65.5 |
| 18 | Mercer County | 65.2 |
| 19 | Lincoln County | 59.7 |
| 20 | Nicholas County | 58.2 |
| 21 | Mason County | 57.4 |
| 22 | Randolph County | 57.1 |
| 23 | Wetzel County | 56.9 |
| 24 | Marshall County | 56.8 |
| 25 | Jackson County | 56.5 |
| 26 | Brooke County | 54.2 |
| 27 | Fayette County | 53.4 |
| 28 | Mineral County | 52.8 |
| 29 | Jefferson County | 47.8 |
| 30 | Roane County | 45 |
| 31 | Upshur County | 44.9 |
| 32 | Lewis County | 43.7 |
| 33 | Hardy County | 42.5 |
| 34 | Hancock County | 40.7 |
| 35 | Summers County | 40.2 |
| 36 | Hampshire County | 38 |
| 37 | Braxton County | 36.2 |
| 38 | Tyler County | 35.6 |
| 39 | Webster County | 35.3 |
| 40 | Preston County | 33.8 |
| 41 | Grant County | 33.2 |
| 42 | Morgan County | 30.4 |
| 43 | Pendleton County | 30.1 |
| 44 | Monroe County | 28.3 |
| 45 | Pocahontas County | 27.5 |
| 46 | Barbour County | 24 |
| 47 | Taylor County | 23.5 |
| 48 | Clay County | 22.3 |
| 49 | Pleasants County | 20.3 |
| 50 | Calhoun County | 16.8 |
| 51 | Ritchie County | 16.1 |
| 52 | Doddridge County | 14.4 |
| 53 | Tucker County | 12.6 |
| 54 | Gilmer County | 11.5 |
| 55 | Wirt County | 9 |