Natural hazards · Paxville

Paxville, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Paxville comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Paxville?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Paxville to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes52%Inland flooding13%Earthquakes8%Heat waves7%Tornadoes6%Lightning6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Paxville faces

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

Hurricanes

52% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

13% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 28 years in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windDrought

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 Paxville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clarendon County.

Disasters that hit Paxville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PaxvilleDeclared for Clarendon County only

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2004

Severe Ice Storm

$7K to the Town of Paxville for repairs

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