Natural hazards · Landrum

Landrum, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Landrum comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Landrum?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Landrum to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding53%Cold waves12%Earthquakes11%Tornadoes7%Ice storms6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Landrum faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% 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 Landrum flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Landrum 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 Landrum

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LandrumDeclared for Spartanburg County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

1,672 households applied for aid $1.3M aid approved $241K to the City of Landrum for repairs

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid

2005

Severe Ice Storm

$13K to the City of Landrum for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

2 households applied for aid $480 aid approved

2002

Severe Ice Storm

$7K to the City of Landrum for repairs

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. Landrum covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Landrum’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Landrum. 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 Landrum total about $728K 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.

Landrum, SC natural hazards

How exposed is Landrum?

What Landrum faces

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Earthquakes

Tornadoes

Ice storms

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Landrum flood?

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Hurricane Helene

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Ice Storm

Tropical Storm Frances

Severe Ice Storm

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