Natural hazards · Hollywood

Hollywood, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hollywood comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 14 claims here since 2015. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hollywood?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hollywood to be higher than in 95% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and earthquakes.

Hurricanes56%Earthquakes23%Inland flooding10%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Hollywood faces

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

Hurricanes

56% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Earthquakes

23% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

10% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Hollywood flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Hollywood, from FEMA’s records.

14paid claims since 2015

$243Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

20152026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Matthew: 9 claims, $189K
Hurricane Irma: 3 claims, $8K
October severe storms: 2 claims, $46K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 20% off flood insurance. Hollywood is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 6) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Charleston County.

Disasters that hit Hollywood

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HollywoodDeclared for Charleston County only

2022

Hurricane Ian

62 households applied for aid $42K aid approved $13K to the Town of Hollywood for repairs

2019

Hurricane Dorian

$208K to the Town of Hollywood for repairs

2017

Hurricane Irma

$23K to the Town of Hollywood for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

187 households applied for aid $119K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

572 households applied for aid $274K aid approved $44K to the Town of Hollywood for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

124 households applied for aid $95K aid approved

Charleston County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Hollywood

Hollywood and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Charlestonmostly hurricanesVery high

Meggettmostly hurricanesVery high

Adams Runmostly hurricanesVery high

Hollywoodmostly hurricanesVery high

Ravenelmostly hurricanesVery high

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. Hollywood covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hollywood’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Hollywood. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Hollywood total about $5.9M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.