Natural hazards · Lake View

Lake View, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lake View comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2008. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lake View?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lake View to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes61%Inland flooding16%Tornadoes7%Earthquakes5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Lake View faces

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

Hurricanes

61% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% 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 Lake View flood?

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

4paid claims since 2008

$79Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20082026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Matthew: 2 claims, $29K
Hurricane Idalia: 1 claim, $8K

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

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

Insurance rates: Dillon County.

Disasters that hit Lake View

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Lake ViewDeclared for Dillon County only

2024

Tropical Storm Debby

$47K to the Town of Lake View for repairs

2023

Hurricane Idalia

$6K to the Town of Lake View for repairs

2018

Hurricane Florence

105 households applied for aid $95K aid approved $58K to the Town of Lake View for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

201 households applied for aid $117K aid approved $48K to the Town of Lake View for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

114 households applied for aid $70K aid approved

Dillon 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. Lake View 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 Lake View’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lake View. 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.