Natural hazards · Boykin

Boykin, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Boykin comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Boykin?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Boykin to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding38%Hurricanes23%Tornadoes10%Earthquakes10%Strong wind5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Boykin faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 25 years in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Boykin flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kershaw County.

Disasters that hit Boykin

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into BoykinDeclared for Kershaw County only

Kershaw County has had 20 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. Boykin 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 Boykin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Boykin. 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.