Natural hazards · Hilda

Hilda, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hilda comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Hilda?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding32%Hurricanes26%Tornadoes15%Earthquakes10%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Hilda faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Hurricanes

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 51 years in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce 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 Hilda flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Barnwell County.

Disasters that hit Hilda

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HildaDeclared for Barnwell County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

1 household applied for aid

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$14K to the Town of Hilda for repairs

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