Natural hazards · Bradley

Bradley, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bradley comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bradley?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bradley to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves38%Inland flooding30%Tornadoes16%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Bradley faces

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

Cold waves

38% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Bradley flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Greenwood County.

Disasters that hit Bradley

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BradleyDeclared for Greenwood County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

436 households applied for aid $498K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

Greenwood County has had 14 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. Bradley is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

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

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.