Top Hazards by Life-Safety Loss ($/yr)
County Rankings
Counties in West Virginia ranked by risk. Click column headers to sort. Click a county to see its departments.
NRI Rating is from FEMA's National Risk Index, which measures community risk across 18 natural hazards using expected annual losses, social vulnerability, and community resilience. Life-Safety Loss uses FEMA's Value of Statistical Life ($13.7M per expected fatality) to estimate annual risk to human life.
Department and station counts are derived from boundaries self-reported through NERIS Public and may not reflect current service areas. Risk metrics are computed from census tract data and are not affected by boundary accuracy. See full methodology.
| County ▲ | Population ▲ | Departments ▲ | Life-Safety Loss ▼ | NRI Rating ▲ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanawha County | 176,537 | 32 | $12.8M | Relatively High |
| Greenbrier County | 32,386 | 20 | $8.6M | Very High |
| Cabell County | 92,739 | 14 | $7.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| McDowell County | 17,943 | 19 | $6.9M | Very High |
| Nicholas County | 24,277 | 8 | $5.6M | Relatively High |
| Wayne County | 38,164 | 9 | $5.0M | Very High |
| Berkeley County | 129,514 | 11 | $4.9M | Relatively Moderate |
| Logan County | 31,418 | 10 | $4.2M | Very High |
| Wyoming County | 20,629 | 15 | $4.2M | Very High |
| Mercer County | 58,563 | 13 | $4.2M | Relatively Moderate |
| Raleigh County | 73,195 | 18 | $3.7M | Relatively Moderate |
| Monongalia County | 107,163 | 17 | $3.1M | Relatively Low |
| Putnam County | 57,177 | 13 | $3.0M | Relatively High |
| Wood County | 83,407 | 14 | $2.9M | Relatively Moderate |
| Fayette County | 39,519 | 16 | $2.5M | Relatively Low |
| Jefferson County | 59,260 | 11 | $2.5M | Relatively Low |
| Marion County | 55,909 | 15 | $2.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| Lincoln County | 19,902 | 11 | $2.2M | Very High |
| Summers County | 11,729 | 6 | $2.2M | Relatively High |
| Jackson County | 27,705 | 8 | $1.9M | Relatively High |
| Randolph County | 27,576 | 14 | $1.7M | Relatively High |
| Mingo County | 22,542 | 12 | $1.7M | Very High |
| Harrison County | 64,984 | 19 | $1.6M | Relatively Moderate |
| Boone County | 21,026 | 13 | $1.6M | Very High |
| Monroe County | 12,386 | 8 | $1.6M | Very High |
| Roane County | 13,786 | 7 | $1.6M | Relatively High |
| Marshall County | 29,865 | 17 | $1.4M | Relatively High |
| Mason County | 25,043 | 11 | $1.4M | Relatively High |
| Morgan County | 17,426 | 5 | $1.3M | Relatively Moderate |
| Ohio County | 41,582 | 10 | $1.2M | Relatively Moderate |
| Upshur County | 23,712 | 5 | $1.2M | Relatively High |
| Wetzel County | 14,078 | 12 | $1.2M | Very High |
| Grant County | 10,983 | 7 | $1.2M | Very High |
| Webster County | 8,144 | 6 | $1.1M | Relatively High |
| Preston County | 34,160 | 14 | $1.1M | Relatively Low |
| Pocahontas County | 7,784 | 10 | $988.9K | Relatively High |
| Pendleton County | 6,043 | 6 | $857.8K | Very High |
| Lewis County | 16,740 | 8 | $767.6K | Relatively High |
| Barbour County | 15,424 | 6 | $761.0K | Relatively High |
| Braxton County | 12,208 | 2 | $748.9K | Very High |
| Hampshire County | 23,465 | 13 | $725.1K | Relatively Moderate |
| Calhoun County | 6,048 | 5 | $720.0K | Very High |
| Mineral County | 26,854 | 12 | $718.0K | Relatively High |
| Hardy County | 14,243 | 4 | $679.9K | Relatively High |
| Tyler County | 8,064 | 13 | $625.4K | Very High |
| Hancock County | 28,431 | 10 | $588.4K | Relatively Moderate |
| Ritchie County | 8,286 | 7 | $555.2K | Relatively High |
| Brooke County | 21,805 | 14 | $499.3K | Relatively High |
| Taylor County | 16,487 | 10 | $392.6K | Relatively High |
| Gilmer County | 7,288 | 7 | $389.4K | Relatively High |
| Tucker County | 6,654 | 6 | $344.7K | Relatively High |
| Pleasants County | 7,521 | 3 | $293.0K | Very High |
| Doddridge County | 7,711 | 8 | $264.7K | Very High |
| Clay County | 7,835 | 3 | $261.9K | Relatively High |
| Wirt County | 5,053 | 4 | $148.9K | Relatively High |
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