Natural hazards · Greeleyville

Greeleyville, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greeleyville comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high 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 Greeleyville?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Greeleyville to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes48%Inland flooding18%Earthquakes16%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Greeleyville faces

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

Hurricanes

48% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Earthquakes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

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 Greeleyville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Williamsburg County.

Disasters that hit Greeleyville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreeleyvilleDeclared for Williamsburg County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

1 household applied for aid

2016

Hurricane Matthew

153 households applied for aid $142K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

433 households applied for aid $363K aid approved

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

157 households applied for aid $82K aid approved

Williamsburg County has had 19 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. Greeleyville 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 Greeleyville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Greeleyville. 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.