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Natural hazards · Mauldin

Mauldin, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mauldin comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 71 claims here since 1982. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Mauldin?

31
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mauldin to be higher than in 31% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding58%Tornadoes13%Cold waves9%Earthquakes6%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Mauldin faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% 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

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 64% 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 Mauldin flood?

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

71paid claims since 1982
$1.4Mpaid to owners
13homes flooded more than once
19822026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Cindy: 7 claims, $60K
  • Hurricane Helene: 1 claim, $5K
  • Hurricane Michael: 1 claim, $1K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (8) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

28flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
3homes raised above flood level
Disasters that hit Mauldin

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MauldinDeclared for Greenville County only
2024

Hurricane Helene

3,011 households applied for aid $1.9M aid approved $986K to the City of Mauldin for repairs
2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

22 households applied for aid $26K aid approved
2005

Severe Ice Storm

$75K to the City of Mauldin for repairs
2004

Tropical Storm Frances

2 households applied for aid $102 aid approved
2002

Severe Ice Storm

$78K to the City of Mauldin for repairs
Greenville County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and ice storms.
Around Mauldin

Mauldin and the towns around it

Greenville: Low, mostly inland floodingConestee: Low, mostly inland floodingGantt: Low, mostly inland floodingWade Hampton: Low, mostly inland floodingParker: Low, mostly inland floodingDunean: Low, mostly inland floodingCity View: Moderate, mostly inland floodingJudson: Very low, mostly inland floodingSans Souci: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMauldin: Low, mostly inland flooding MauldinGreenvilleConestee
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Greenvillemostly inland floodingLow
Mauldinmostly inland floodingLow
Conesteemostly 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. Mauldin covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mauldin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Mauldin. 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 Mauldin total about $5.1M 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.

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