Natural hazards · Cameron

Cameron, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cameron comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Cameron?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cameron to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes35%Inland flooding25%Earthquakes11%Tornadoes7%Drought7%Strong wind5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Cameron faces

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

Hurricanes

35% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Cameron flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Calhoun County.

Disasters that hit Cameron

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CameronDeclared for Calhoun County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

21 households applied for aid $30K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

31 households applied for aid $34K aid approved $7K to the Town of Cameron for repairs

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

138 households applied for aid $61K aid approved

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

Calhoun County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

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. Cameron 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 Cameron’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Cameron. 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.