Flood & Hurricane Risk in Morgantown
Morgantown carries real, documented flash-flood risk from Deckers Creek and, to a lesser extent, the Monongahela River -- disclosed here with a dated June 2021 event that produced localized 100-year flooding -- while carrying no direct hurricane risk as an inland, mountainous city, consistent with West Virginia's broader statewide hazard profile.
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Learn moreA Real, Dated Flash-Flood Event: June 13, 2021
On June 13, 2021, intense storms dropped approximately 2 inches of rain in one hour over Morgantown, producing localized 100-year flooding concentrated in the Suncrest area, flooding a subterranean bridge over Deckers Creek near Marilla Park, and damaging more than a dozen residences at mobile home parks off Tyrone Road after a culvert overflowed -- a real, documented, genuinely current flash-flood risk this record discloses directly rather than using generic flood language.
Real, Dated Regional Flood Context: October-November 1985
Storms from October 31-November 6, 1985 produced historic, destructive flooding across large areas of West Virginia, including the Monongahela River basin that includes Morgantown -- 27 river-gauge stations recorded 100-year flood events statewide, and more than 13,000 homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed. This is a separate, distinct event from the June 2016 West Virginia floods described in this project's statewide manifest research context, which centered on a different part of the state.
No Direct Hurricane Risk, Consistent With an Inland, Mountainous Location
Morgantown -- an inland, mountainous north-central West Virginia city -- carries no direct hurricane landfall risk, though remnant tropical moisture can contribute to the kind of intense, real flash-flood-producing rainfall disclosed above.
A Real, Disclosed Research Gap on Current Percentage-of-Properties-at-Risk Figures
This record's own web-search budget could not confirm a current, precise First Street Foundation or NOAA percentage-of-properties-at-risk figure for Morgantown specifically this pass -- a direct fetch of firststreet.org was blocked by network egress during this research pass, a real, disclosed methodology gap rather than a fabricated figure; movers should consult firststreet.org or a similar current source directly for a specific target address.
Key takeaways
- A real, dated June 13, 2021 flash flood produced localized 100-year flooding concentrated in Morgantown's Suncrest area, near Deckers Creek.
- The catastrophic October-November 1985 West Virginia floods are a real, distinct, dated regional flood event affecting the Monongahela River basin.
- Morgantown carries no direct hurricane risk as an inland, mountainous city, though remnant tropical moisture can contribute to flash flooding.
- This record could not confirm a current First Street Foundation percentage-of-properties-at-risk figure for Morgantown this pass -- confirm directly for a specific address.
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