Pleasants County, WV Environment & Hazard Risk

• LandslideRelatively Low$11.85K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 3 years
• HurricaneVery Low$29.74K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 35 years
• LightningRelatively Low$85.59K/yr expected annual loss, about 46 events a year
• Ice stormRelatively Low$23.38K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 3 years
• DroughtVery Low$10.1K/yr expected annual loss, about 3.0 events a year
• Heat waveVery Low$45.55K/yr expected annual loss, about 2.9 events a year
• AvalancheVery Low$25/yr expected annual loss, about once every 100 years
• EarthquakeVery Low$13.45K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 1,524 years
• HailVery Low$33.93K/yr expected annual loss, about 2.5 events a year
• TornadoVery Low$74.87K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 43 years
• Strong windVery Low$71.18K/yr expected annual loss, about 1.0 events a year
• Cold waveVery Low$79.08K/yr expected annual loss, about 1.5 events a year
• Winter weatherVery Low$2,910/yr expected annual loss, about 8.3 events a year
• WildfireVery Low$962/yr expected annual loss, about once every 41,413 years

Bars show the national percentile score (0 to 100) for each hazard. Dollar figures are expected annual losses to buildings, people and crops. Not rated here: coastal flooding, riverine flooding, tsunami, volcanic activity.

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Homes with flood insurance

24 of 2,941 (0.8%)

Homes in high-risk flood zones

212

Insured in high-risk zones

18 (8%)

Flood claims since 1978

43

Claims paid since 1978

$536K

• Thunderstorm Wind47 · 1 death
• Heavy Snow24
• Cold/Wind Chill22
• Winter Weather21
• Drought17
• Flood15
• Strong Wind13
• Hail13
• Flash Flood11
• Heat11

• Thunderstorm Wind56 kt wind06/30/2012

  Arvilla, Pleasants County

  1 death, $500K damage

  What happened

  Large trees and branches were blown down in scattered locations throughout the county. One house had major damage and 2 others had minor damage. Around 3100 customers were without electricity. The public infrastructure damage assessment was around $55,000. ||In the aftermath, there was 1 indirect death. A 38 year old man died. He was riding his 4 wheeler late at night. He struck a tree that had fallen across a road near Arvilla.

• Flood09/17/2004

  Pleasants

  $1M damage

  What happened

  As the weakening Hurricane Ivan moved inland across Alabama, light rain began in southern West Virginia on the morning of the 16th. The rain shield moved into northern counties overnight. Heavy rain began before dawn on the 17th around Huntington. The heavier rain moved up the Ohio River counties and engulfed the Ravenswood, Parkersburg, and Sistersville vicinity during the mid morning on the 17th. The heavy rain continue along the Ohio River counties into the mid afternoon, before lifting north and east. The more significant rain rates pivoted through central West Virginia during the late afternoon hours on the 17th before diminishing to drizzle after dark that evening. The low pressure remains of Ivan moved northeast through eastern Tennessee that afternoon, then through southwest Virginia during the evening. The storm moved off the coast during the 18th. A 30 to 36 hour duration event dumped 3.5 to 6 inches of rain. The upper range was concentrated along the Ohio River counties from Huntington through Parkersburg. A secondary maximum in the rain ran south from Parkersburg into northern Kanawha County. Preliminary storm totals from cooperative observers had R C...

• Flash Flood06/28/1998

  Countywide, Pleasants County

  $500K damage

  What happened

  Three consecutive nights of thunderstorms left western and northern counties with wind damage and flooding. The first night was from Friday evening, the 26th, into early Saturday morning, the 27th. The convection on the second and third nights was further south than the first night, hitting the Parkersburg to Charleston corridor the hardest. Total rains were 6 to 10 inches across portions of Wood, Jackson, and northern Kanawha Counties, with 5 inches further northeast, into the Middle Island Creek basin. The heaviest rain rates were with the second night of convection from late Saturday night. the 27th, into Sunday morning, the 28th. The cloudbursts swept southeast from eastern Ohio, hitting Jackson, southern Roane, and northern Kanawha before dawn on Sunday. Ripley of Jackson County measured 6.8 inches in the 4 hours from 0430 to 0830E.Serious flash flooding occurred. Two people were killed in Kanawha County, along Little Sandy Creek in the Frame vicinity. A woman tried to carry her 4 month old baby out of a flooded mobile home. The baby was swept out of her arms. An elderly blind man was swept off his front porch by the rising water, after a failed attempt by 4...

• Flash Flood08/13/2013

  Cluster, Pleasants County

  $200K damage

• Flood01/20/1996

  Pleasants

  $200K damage

• TornadoEF1, 9.53 mi path, 1,000 yd wide07/21/2026

  Vaucluse, Pleasants County

  $150K damage

• TornadoEF1, 8.34 mi path, 1,320 yd wide07/21/2026

  Raven Rock, Pleasants County

  $10K damage

• TornadoEF1, 9.53 mi path, 1,000 yd wide07/21/2026

  Vaucluse, Pleasants County

  $150K damage

• TornadoEF2, 2.65 mi path, 600 yd wide07/21/2026

  Bellmont, Pleasants County

  $50K damage

• Thunderstorm Wind50 kt wind06/18/2026

  Bellmont, Pleasants County

  $6,000 damage

• Drought05/01/2026

  Pleasants

• Thunderstorm Wind45 kt wind04/02/2026

  Hebron, Pleasants County

  $2,000 damage

• Hail1" hail04/01/2026

  Bellmont, Pleasants County

• Hail1" hail04/01/2026

  Bellmont, Pleasants County

• Hurricane Frederic (1979)08/29/1979 · 943 mbTropical storm40 mph nearby
• Unnamed storm (1888)08/14/1888 · Landfall: FL, LATropical storm52 mph nearby

• Saint MarysServes 2,711 · Groundwater · Local governmentNo health violations+1 monitoring or reporting
• Pleasants Co PsdServes 2,357 · Purchased groundwater · Local governmentNo health violations+9 monitoring or reporting
• Belmont, City ofServes 1,003 · Groundwater · Local governmentNo health violations+9 monitoring or reporting