Natural hazards · McBee

McBee, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in McBee comes from hurricanes, 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 McBee?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in McBee to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes32%Inland flooding30%Tornadoes15%Earthquakes6%Strong wind5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What McBee faces

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

Hurricanes

32% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 McBee flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Chesterfield County.

Disasters that hit McBee

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into McBeeDeclared for Chesterfield County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

$48K to the Town of McBee for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

3 households applied for aid $8K to the Town of McBee for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$1K to the Town of McBee for repairs

Chesterfield County has had 17 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. McBee 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 McBee’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of McBee. 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.