WV Counties Effected by Ice Storm

Presidents Day Weekend 2003

#	County	Location	Damage Severity	Species Affected	Comments
1	Calhoun	Crummies Creek	Severe	Most - Esp. Red Oak	1100' elevation and up
2	Mason	Oldtown Creek	Moderate - Severe	Most	Damage not uniform throughout property
3	Roane	Masters Run	Severe	All	90% uprooted or broken
4	Jackson	Cain Ridge	Moderate	Most
5	Calhoun	Annamoriah	Severe	All - Esp. Oak & Cherry	Combination of Ice, snow, rain & Sleet
6	Calhoun	Nicut Area	Severe	Most - Esp. Oak, Cherry	Northeast slopes above 900' elev.
7	Calhoun	Near Liberty Hill	Severe	Mostly Oak & Poplar	Esp. bad on east side of low gaps
8	Nicholas	Near Nettie	Moderate - Severe	Most - Esp. Poplar
9	Kanawha	Blue Creek	Minimal	Mostly Pines	Only at higher elevations
10	Jackson	Peppermint Creek	Minimal to Moderate	Pine, Hickory, Beech	Higher value species mostly unaffected
11	Roane	Spencer Area	Severe	All	Near 100% North & East Aspects
12	Kanawha	4-Mile Coopers Ck.	Moderate - Severe	All	Highest knobs, 1150' Elev. & up
13	Roane/Calhoun	Boggs Fk. - Leatherbark	Severe	Primarily Poplar	All Northern aspects along Rt. 33
14	Cabell	Milton Area	Moderate	Mostly pines - some hardwoods	950' elevation & up
15	Roane	Island Run	Severe	All	80% of trees - N & NE aspects now gone
16	Jackson	Foster Ridge	Moderate - Severe	Most - Esp. pine & poplar	Devastation spotty - Mostly N & E slopes
17	Nicholas	Powell Mtn./Muddlety	Moderate - Severe	Poplar, maples & oaks	Especially on eastern aspects
18	Jackson	Marshall	Severe	Small sawtimber oaks	E & N slopes
19	Roane	Peniel	Mostly severe	Oaks down, poplar broken	Most damage on N & NE aspects
20	Gilmer	Rosedale	Severe	Poplar & small timber w/ grapes	Upper NE slopes
21	Braxton	Steer Creek	Moderate - Severe	Most	Upper slopes on high ridges
22	Roane	Roxalana	Moderate	Mostly poplar	Only on the highest ridges
23	Roane	Gandeeville	Little to None	Poplar limbs & small tops only	Limited to N facing coves

Note: Initial indications are that trees/ woodlands in at least portions of the  indicated counties have experienced moderate to severe damage as a result of the ice storm . Damage may be very dramatic (90 to 100% of the trees showing visible signs of damage) in one portion of a county and virtually non-existent in another.  Reports are still coming in so more counties may be added to this list.  Damage to timber due to the extremely heavy snowfall north and east of the area that received ice will assuredly be present.  Any damages, whether due to ice, snow or a combination thereof, will need to be addressed in the same manner.

If your property has experienced damage as a result of the recent storm let us hear from you!  

Just E-mail a short note (before and after digital pictures if you have them) with the approximate location of your property, whether you had ice, snow or a combination, and your initial assessment of the severity of damage.  This information will be valuable in determining which areas got 'hit' hardest, those with moderate damage, and those that didn't.