Natural hazards · Roebuck

Roebuck, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Roebuck comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1998. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Roebuck?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Roebuck to be higher than in 15% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding47%Cold waves14%Earthquakes11%Tornadoes10%Ice storms5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Roebuck faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Ice storms

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter 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 Roebuck flood?

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

2paid claims since 1998

$253Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19982026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Roebuck 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 Roebuck

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RoebuckDeclared for Spartanburg County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

2,181 households applied for aid $1.6M aid approved

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

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. Roebuck covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Roebuck’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Roebuck. 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 Roebuck total about $743K 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.