Natural hazards · Camp Croft

Camp Croft, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Camp Croft comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

How exposed is Camp Croft?

20
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Camp Croft to be higher than in 20% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding43%Earthquakes16%Tornadoes12%Cold waves10%Ice storms5%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Camp Croft faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

16% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Cold waves

10% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Ice storms

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Camp Croft flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Camp Croft isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Spartanburg County.
Disasters that hit Camp Croft

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Spartanburg County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Camp Croft itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Camp CroftDeclared for Spartanburg County only
Spartanburg County has had 19 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. Camp Croft covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Camp Croft’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Camp Croft. 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 Camp Croft total about $643K 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.

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