Natural hazards · Adams Run

Adams Run, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Adams Run comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very 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 Adams Run?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Adams Run to be higher than in 96% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and earthquakes.

Hurricanes48%Earthquakes29%Inland flooding15%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Adams Run faces

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

Hurricanes

48% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Earthquakes

29% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Adams Run flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Charleston County.

Disasters that hit Adams Run

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Adams RunDeclared for Charleston County only

2022

Hurricane Ian

22 households applied for aid $35K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

63 households applied for aid $116K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

179 households applied for aid $186K aid approved

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

48 households applied for aid $62K aid approved

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

Around Adams Run

Adams Run and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Adams Runmostly hurricanesVery high

Hollywoodmostly hurricanesVery high

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. Adams Run 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 Adams Run’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Adams Run. 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.