Natural hazards · Judson

Judson, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Judson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2004.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Judson?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Judson to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding39%Earthquakes25%Tornadoes14%Cold waves9%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Judson faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter 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 Judson flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Judson, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 2004

$6Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20042026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Judson 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.

Disasters that hit Judson

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into JudsonDeclared for Greenville County only

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

Around Judson

Judson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Welcomemostly inland floodingModerate

Parkermostly inland floodingLow

Duneanmostly inland floodingLow

Greenvillemostly inland floodingLow

Judsonmostly 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. Judson covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Judson’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Judson. 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 Judson total about $851K 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.