Natural hazards · McCormick

McCormick, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in McCormick comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is McCormick?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in McCormick to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding38%Tornadoes20%Cold waves11%Earthquakes8%Hurricanes6%Strong wind5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What McCormick faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

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

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

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 weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 McCormick flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: McCormick County.

Disasters that hit McCormick

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into McCormickDeclared for McCormick County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

29 households applied for aid $32K aid approved $45K to the Town of McCormick for repairs

McCormick County has had 15 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. McCormick 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 McCormick’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of McCormick. 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.