Natural hazards · Wedgefield

Wedgefield, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wedgefield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wedgefield?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wedgefield to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding33%Hurricanes31%Earthquakes9%Cold waves5%Everything else22%

By hazard

What Wedgefield faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

31% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Wedgefield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sumter County.

Disasters that hit Wedgefield

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WedgefieldDeclared for Sumter County only

2016

Hurricane Matthew

30 households applied for aid $22K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

295 households applied for aid $194K aid approved

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

16 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

Sumter County has had 19 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. Wedgefield 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 Wedgefield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Wedgefield. 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.