Natural hazards · Aynor

Aynor, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Aynor comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2016. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Aynor?

90
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Aynor to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes63%Inland flooding15%Earthquakes8%Tornadoes7%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Aynor faces

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

Hurricanes

63% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 82 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Aynor flood?

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

3paid claims since 2016
$217Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
20162026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Matthew: 1 claim, $66K
  • Hurricane Idalia: 1 claim, $70K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Aynor isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Horry County.
Disasters that hit Aynor

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AynorDeclared for Horry County only
2022

Hurricane Ian

70 households applied for aid $12K aid approved
2018

Hurricane Florence

86 households applied for aid $64K aid approved $5K to the Town of Aynor for repairs
2016

Hurricane Matthew

154 households applied for aid $84K aid approved $21K to the Town of Aynor for repairs
2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

88 households applied for aid $33K aid approved
2004

Tropical Storm Frances

10 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
2004

Hurricane Charley

$1K to the Town of Aynor for repairs
2004

Severe Ice Storm

$24K to the Town of Aynor for repairs
1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$12K to the Town of Aynor for repairs
Horry County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.
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. Aynor covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Aynor’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Aynor. 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 Aynor total about $2.4M 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.

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