Natural hazards · Silverstreet

Silverstreet, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Silverstreet comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Silverstreet?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Silverstreet to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding47%Tornadoes15%Hurricanes13%Earthquakes7%Cold waves7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Silverstreet 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

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Hurricanes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Silverstreet flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Newberry County.

Disasters that hit Silverstreet

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SilverstreetDeclared for Newberry County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

197 households applied for aid $184K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

24 households applied for aid $20K aid approved

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

1 household applied for aid $5K aid approved

Newberry County has had 18 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. Silverstreet 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 Silverstreet’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Silverstreet. 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.