Natural hazards · The Cliffs Valley

The Cliffs Valley, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in The Cliffs Valley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2024.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is The Cliffs Valley?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in The Cliffs Valley to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding76%Cold waves11%Everything else13%

By hazard

What The Cliffs Valley faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 The Cliffs Valley flood?

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

1paid claims since 2024

$5Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20242026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Helene: 1 claim, $5K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Greenville County.

Disasters that hit The Cliffs Valley

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Greenville County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching The Cliffs Valley itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into The Cliffs ValleyDeclared for Greenville County only

Greenville County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and ice 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. The Cliffs Valley covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to The Cliffs Valley’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to The Cliffs Valley. 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 The Cliffs Valley total about $1.3M 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.