Natural hazards · Springfield

Springfield, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Springfield comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Springfield?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Springfield to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes33%Inland flooding25%Earthquakes18%Everything else24%

By hazard

What Springfield faces

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

Hurricanes

33% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Springfield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Orangeburg County.

Disasters that hit Springfield

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SpringfieldDeclared for Orangeburg County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

272 households applied for aid $340K aid approved $12K to the Town of Springfield for repairs

2020

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

32 households applied for aid $35K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

48 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

2004

Severe Ice Storm

$30K to the Town of Springfield for repairs

Orangeburg County has had 20 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. Springfield 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 Springfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Springfield. 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.