Natural hazards · Vance

Vance, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vance comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Vance?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vance to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and earthquakes.

Hurricanes35%Earthquakes30%Inland flooding19%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Vance faces

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

Hurricanes

35% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Earthquakes

30% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

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 Vance flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Vance 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 Vance

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VanceDeclared for Orangeburg County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

199 households applied for aid $652K aid approved

2020

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

31 households applied for aid $46K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

65 households applied for aid $35K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

309 households applied for aid $88K aid approved

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. Vance 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 Vance’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Vance. 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.