Natural hazards · Woodfield

Woodfield, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Woodfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 2015.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Woodfield?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Woodfield to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding46%Hurricanes17%Tornadoes11%Earthquakes10%Heat waves5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Woodfield faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Woodfield flood?

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

12paid claims since 2015

$809Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20152026

Biggest named events

October severe storms: 12 claims, $809K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Richland County.

Disasters that hit Woodfield

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into WoodfieldDeclared for Richland County only

Richland County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Woodfield

Woodfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Forest Acresmostly inland floodingHigh

Columbiamostly inland floodingLow

Woodfieldmostly inland floodingLow

Dentsvillemostly inland floodingLow

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. Woodfield covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Woodfield’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Woodfield. 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 Woodfield total about $2.9M 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.