Natural hazards · Drayton

Drayton, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Drayton 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 Drayton?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Drayton to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding47%Earthquakes12%Cold waves12%Tornadoes10%Ice storms6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Drayton faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 10% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Ice storms

6% 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 Drayton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Drayton 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 Drayton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DraytonDeclared for Spartanburg County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

95 households applied for aid $80K aid approved

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

Around Drayton

Drayton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Spartanburgmostly inland floodingLow

Whitneymostly inland floodingLow

Draytonmostly inland floodingVery low

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