Natural hazards · Batesburg-Leesville

Batesburg-Leesville, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Batesburg-Leesville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2014. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Batesburg-Leesville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Batesburg-Leesville to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding28%Tornadoes25%Earthquakes19%Hurricanes11%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Batesburg-Leesville faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Batesburg-Leesville flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Batesburg-Leesville, from FEMA’s records.

4paid claims since 2014

$25Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20142026

Biggest named events

October severe storms: 1 claim, $16K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Batesburg-Leesville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Lexington County.

Disasters that hit Batesburg-Leesville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Batesburg-Leesville itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Batesburg-Leesville.

Brought FEMA money into Batesburg-LeesvilleDeclared for Lexington County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

59 households applied for aid $24K aid approved $174K to the Town of Batesburg-Leesville for repairs

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$26K to the Town of Batesburg-Leesville for repairs

2004

Severe Ice Storm

$23K to the Town of Batesburg-Leesville for repairs

Lexington County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Batesburg-Leesville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Batesburg-Leesville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Batesburg-Leesville. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Batesburg-Leesville total about $1.2M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.