Natural hazards · Lesslie

Lesslie, SC natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lesslie?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lesslie to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding52%Tornadoes25%Strong wind6%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Lesslie faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 65 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Lesslie flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: York County.

Disasters that hit Lesslie

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into LesslieDeclared for York County only

York County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Lesslie

Lesslie and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lessliemostly inland floodingLow

Rock Hillmostly inland floodingLow

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