Natural hazards · Bishopville

Bishopville, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bishopville comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2000. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bishopville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bishopville to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes28%Inland flooding23%Tornadoes17%Earthquakes13%Cold waves7%Strong wind5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Bishopville faces

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

Hurricanes

28% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

13% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Bishopville flood?

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

2paid claims since 2000

$19Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20002026

Biggest named events

October severe storms: 1 claim, $15K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lee County.

Disasters that hit Bishopville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BishopvilleDeclared for Lee County only

2016

Hurricane Matthew

245 households applied for aid $40K aid approved $105K to the City of Bishopville for repairs

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

1,095 households applied for aid $597K aid approved $12K to the City of Bishopville for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

213 households applied for aid $106K aid approved

2004

Severe Ice Storm

$4K to the City of Bishopville for repairs

Lee County has had 18 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. Bishopville 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 Bishopville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Bishopville. 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.