Natural hazards · Elloree

Elloree, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Elloree comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Elloree?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Elloree to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and earthquakes.

Hurricanes35%Earthquakes27%Inland flooding19%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Elloree 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 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Earthquakes

27% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Elloree flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Elloree 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 Elloree

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ElloreeDeclared for Orangeburg County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

153 households applied for aid $387K aid approved

2020

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

13 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2018

Hurricane Florence

$8K to the Town of Elloree for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

53 households applied for aid $20K aid approved $6K to the Town of Elloree for repairs

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

318 households applied for aid $114K aid approved $5K to the Town of Elloree for repairs

2004

Severe Ice Storm

$12K to the Town of Elloree for repairs

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