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Natural hazards · Lyman

Lyman, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lyman comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is 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 Lyman?

38
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lyman to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding57%Cold waves13%Tornadoes8%Earthquakes7%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Lyman faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

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 Lyman flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Lyman 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 Lyman

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LymanDeclared for Spartanburg County only
2024

Hurricane Helene

3,271 households applied for aid $2.1M aid approved $815K to the Town of Lyman for repairs
2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $7K aid approved
2005

Severe Ice Storm

$99K to the Town of Lyman for repairs
2004

Tropical Storm Frances

1 household applied for aid $222 aid approved
2002

Severe Ice Storm

$34K to the Town of Lyman for repairs
Spartanburg County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Lyman

Lyman and the towns around it

Wellford: Low, mostly inland floodingDuncan: Low, mostly inland floodingStartex: Low, mostly inland floodingGreer: Low, mostly inland floodingLyman: Low, mostly inland flooding LymanWellfordDuncan
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Wellfordmostly inland floodingLow
Lymanmostly inland floodingLow
Duncanmostly 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. Lyman 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 Lyman’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lyman. 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.

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