Natural hazards · Mullins

Mullins, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mullins comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 13 claims here since 1993. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mullins?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mullins to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes45%Inland flooding25%Cold waves16%Tornadoes6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Mullins faces

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

Hurricanes

45% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 39 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Mullins flood?

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

13paid claims since 1993

$267Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19932026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Matthew: 3 claims, $124K
Hurricane Floyd: 1 claim, $5K
Hurricane Florence: 1 claim, $7K

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. Mullins isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Marion County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Mullins

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MullinsDeclared for Marion County only

2019

Hurricane Dorian

$25K to the City of Mullins for repairs

2018

Hurricane Florence

718 households applied for aid $935K aid approved $83K to the City of Mullins for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

1,550 households applied for aid $3.4M aid approved $34K to the City of Mullins for repairs

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

364 households applied for aid $133K aid approved

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$58K to the City of Mullins for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

74 households applied for aid $62K aid approved

2004

Severe Ice Storm

$109K to the City of Mullins for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$66K to the City of Mullins for repairs

Marion 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. Mullins 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 Mullins’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Mullins. 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.