Natural hazards · Cane Savannah

Cane Savannah, SC natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cane Savannah?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cane Savannah to be higher than in 45% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding37%Hurricanes25%Cold waves7%Earthquakes7%Tornadoes6%Strong wind5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Cane Savannah faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Cane Savannah flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sumter County.

Disasters that hit Cane Savannah

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Sumter County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Cane Savannah itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Cane SavannahDeclared for Sumter County only

Sumter County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Cane Savannah

Cane Savannah and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Cane Savannahmostly inland floodingModerate

Sumtermostly inland floodingModerate

Wedgefieldmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Cane Savannah 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 Cane Savannah’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Cane Savannah. 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.