Natural hazards · Pauline

Pauline, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pauline 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 Pauline?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pauline to be higher than in 36% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding61%Cold waves10%Tornadoes8%Earthquakes6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Pauline faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% 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 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 75 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 Pauline flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Pauline 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 Pauline

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PaulineDeclared for Spartanburg County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

836 households applied for aid $552K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid

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