Natural hazards · Piedmont

Piedmont, SC natural hazards

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

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Piedmont to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding61%Cold waves16%Tornadoes9%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Piedmont 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

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Piedmont flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Anderson County.

Disasters that hit Piedmont

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PiedmontDeclared for Anderson County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

7,081 households applied for aid $4.9M aid approved

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

20 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

Anderson County has had 15 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. Piedmont covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Piedmont’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Piedmont. 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 Piedmont total about $2.2M 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.