Natural hazards · Edisto

Edisto, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Edisto comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Edisto?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Edisto to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes34%Inland flooding26%Earthquakes19%Cold waves5%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Edisto faces

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

Hurricanes

34% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Edisto flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Orangeburg County.

Disasters that hit Edisto

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EdistoDeclared for Orangeburg County only

2016

Hurricane Matthew

1 household applied for aid

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

Orangeburg County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Edisto

Edisto and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Orangeburgmostly hurricanesHigh

Edistomostly hurricanesHigh

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