Fountain Inn is calmer than 81% of U.S. communities
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fountain Inn comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.
What stands out about Fountain Inn’s weather risks
Read from FEMA’s records below. The page puts what stands out first.
How exposed is Fountain Inn?
FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings here to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.
Calmer than 454 of the 475 South Carolina towns we cover.
Fountain Inn covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Does Fountain Inn flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Fountain Inn. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Fountain Inn isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Greenville County.What Fountain Inn faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
Inland flooding
Tornadoes
Cold waves
Earthquakes
5 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Fountain Inn
Disasters that paid out in Fountain Inn itself (aid to households or repair grants to the City of Fountain Inn) and its biggest flood years.
- 2024Hurricane Helene5,213 households applied for aid$3.5M aid approved$474K to the City of Fountain Inn for repairs
- 2015Severe Storms and Flooding3 households applied for aid$503 aid approved
- 2005Severe Ice Storm$124K to the City of Fountain Inn for repairs
- 2004Tropical Storm Frances1 household applied for aid$222 aid approved
- 2002Severe Ice Storm$54K to the City of Fountain Inn for repairs
Greenville County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and ice storms.
Old photos of Fountain Inn after a storm or flood belong in the town’s history. Add one, or share what you remember below.
Add to the Fountain Inn archive →Get ready for what Fountain Inn actually faces
A short kit for its top hazards, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Let faucets drip so pipes don’t freeze.
- Know where your water shutoff is.
- Never heat the house with the oven or a grill.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Fountain Inn and its neighbors
How storm and flood risk compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Rating | Mostly | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simpsonville | Moderate | inland flooding | 19 |
| Fountain Inn | Very low | inland flooding | 0 |
Rating = expected yearly storm and flood damage as a share of what’s there, vs. U.S. communities. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Most disasters here begin in August–October
The month each of Greenville County’s 19 declared disasters began, since 1953.
What these numbers can and can’t tell you
- An average, not a forecast. FEMA’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 there, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings.
- Money that reached town. Flood claims are matched to Fountain Inn’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Fountain Inn.
- It follows property value. FEMA’s model weighs damage to buildings, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels. Across Fountain Inn, expected losses total about $1.9M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Fountain Inn.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. An average of past damage, not a forecast.