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Natural hazards · Pageland

Pageland, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pageland comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Pageland?

37
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pageland to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes29%Inland flooding28%Tornadoes18%Strong wind6%Earthquakes5%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Pageland faces

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

Hurricanes

29% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 52 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

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 Pageland flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Pageland 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 Pageland

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PagelandDeclared for Chesterfield County only
2018

Hurricane Florence

83 households applied for aid $9K aid approved $55K to the Town of Pageland for repairs
2016

Hurricane Matthew

1 household applied for aid
2014

Severe Winter Storm

$4K to the Town of Pageland for repairs
2004

Tropical Storm Frances

3 households applied for aid
2000

Severe Winter Storm

$112K to the Town of Pageland 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. Pageland 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 Pageland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Pageland. 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.

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