Natural hazards · Livingston

Livingston, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Livingston comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Livingston?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Livingston to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes34%Inland flooding26%Earthquakes15%Cold waves6%Strong wind6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Livingston faces

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

Hurricanes

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Livingston flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Livingston 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 Livingston

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LivingstonDeclared for Orangeburg County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

8 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

2020

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

6 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid

2004

Severe Ice Storm

$1K to the Town of Livingston 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. Livingston 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 Livingston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Livingston. 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.