Natural hazards · Elliott

Elliott, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Elliott comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Elliott?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Elliott to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes31%Inland flooding19%Tornadoes17%Earthquakes12%Cold waves7%Strong wind6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Elliott faces

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

Hurricanes

31% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 12% 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

Recorded about once every 27 years in the area

Earthquakes

12% 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

6% 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 Elliott flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Elliott 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 Elliott

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ElliottDeclared for Lee County only

2016

Hurricane Matthew

6 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

38 households applied for aid $23K aid approved

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

21 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

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