Natural hazards · Little Mountain

Little Mountain, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Little Mountain comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Little Mountain?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Little Mountain to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding36%Tornadoes21%Hurricanes12%Cold waves9%Earthquakes8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Little Mountain faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 41 years in the area

Hurricanes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Little Mountain flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Newberry County.

Disasters that hit Little Mountain

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Little Mountain itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Little Mountain.

Brought FEMA money into Little MountainDeclared for Newberry County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

340 households applied for aid $256K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

43 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

Newberry County has had 18 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. Little Mountain covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Little Mountain’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Little Mountain. 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 Little Mountain total about $1.0M 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.