Natural hazards · Belvedere

Belvedere, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Belvedere comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Belvedere?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Belvedere to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding38%Tornadoes14%Hurricanes14%Earthquakes9%Heat waves7%Cold waves7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Belvedere faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Belvedere flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Belvedere.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Aiken County.

Disasters that hit Belvedere

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Belvedere itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Belvedere.

Brought FEMA money into BelvedereDeclared for Aiken County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

139 households applied for aid $106K aid approved

Aiken 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. Belvedere covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Belvedere’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Belvedere. 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 Belvedere total about $1.0M 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.