Natural hazards · Tradesville

Tradesville, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tradesville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tradesville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tradesville to be higher than in 28% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding34%Tornadoes20%Cold waves18%Strong wind8%Hurricanes7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Tradesville faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 21 years in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Tradesville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lancaster County.

Disasters that hit Tradesville

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Lancaster County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Tradesville itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into TradesvilleDeclared for Lancaster County only

Lancaster County has had 17 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. Tradesville 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 Tradesville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Tradesville. 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.