Most Flood-Prone Counties in West...

Based on NOAA Storm Events Database records from 1996 to 2025, these are the West Virginia counties with the most recorded flood events. Kanawha County tops the list with 193 events. The data includes river floods, flash floods, coastal flooding, and hurricane-related flooding.

Rank	County	Total Events	River Floods	Flash Floods
1	Kanawha County	193	76	117
2	Marion County	130	20	110
3	Greenbrier County	123	64	59
4	Mercer County	111	34	77
5	Berkeley County	111	86	25
6	Harrison County	106	28	78
7	Lincoln County	103	51	52
8	Monongalia County	103	25	78
9	Putnam County	99	36	63
10	Cabell County	94	36	58
11	Wayne County	93	39	54
12	Preston County	88	16	72
13	Marshall County	83	24	59
14	Randolph County	81	43	38
15	Wood County	78	33	45
16	Raleigh County	71	32	39
17	Tyler County	70	37	33
18	Logan County	69	28	41
19	Jefferson County	68	55	13
20	Hampshire County	67	32	35
21	Upshur County	65	28	37
22	Boone County	63	15	48
23	Roane County	63	23	40
24	McDowell County	63	28	35
25	Morgan County	63	45	18
26	Barbour County	62	31	31
27	Mingo County	62	24	38
28	Grant County	60	25	35
29	Jackson County	60	20	40
30	Mason County	57	36	21
31	Fayette County	55	20	35
32	Pocahontas County	55	28	27
33	Webster County	55	21	34
34	Mineral County	54	23	31
35	Ritchie County	54	13	41
36	Wetzel County	53	8	45
37	Pendleton County	52	18	34
38	Ohio County	50	7	43
39	Braxton County	46	10	36
40	Doddridge County	46	15	31
41	Clay County	45	12	33
42	Hardy County	44	11	33
43	Tucker County	44	6	38
44	Gilmer County	43	15	28
45	Lewis County	43	11	32
46	Wyoming County	41	19	22
47	Monroe County	40	10	30
48	Nicholas County	39	11	28
49	Brooke County	38	9	29
50	Taylor County	37	8	29
51	Calhoun County	36	7	29
52	Hancock County	27	8	19
53	Summers County	26	5	21
54	Wirt County	26	9	17
55	Pleasants County	18	7	11

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database (1996–2025).

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