Natural hazards · Mayesville

Mayesville, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mayesville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mayesville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mayesville to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding33%Hurricanes33%Earthquakes10%Tornadoes7%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Mayesville faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

33% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 28 years in the area

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 Mayesville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sumter County.

Disasters that hit Mayesville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MayesvilleDeclared for Sumter County only

2016

Hurricane Matthew

48 households applied for aid $37K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

290 households applied for aid $753K aid approved

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

17 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

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