Natural hazards · Springdale

Springdale, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Springdale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 2015. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Springdale?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Springdale to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding43%Tornadoes18%Earthquakes17%Hurricanes11%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Springdale faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Springdale flood?

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

10paid claims since 2015

$80Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20152026

Biggest named events

October severe storms: 5 claims, $72K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lexington County.

Disasters that hit Springdale

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SpringdaleDeclared for Lexington County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

3 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2004

Severe Ice Storm

$3K to the Town of Springdale for repairs

Lexington County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Springdale

Springdale and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Springdalemostly inland floodingModerate

Caycemostly inland floodingModerate

West Columbiamostly inland floodingModerate

Oak Grovemostly inland floodingModerate

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. Springdale covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Springdale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Springdale. 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 Springdale 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.