Natural hazards · Pimlico

Pimlico, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pimlico comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pimlico?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pimlico to be higher than in 94% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes62%Inland flooding15%Earthquakes13%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Pimlico faces

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

Hurricanes

62% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Pimlico flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Berkeley County.

Disasters that hit Pimlico

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Berkeley County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Pimlico itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into PimlicoDeclared for Berkeley County only

Berkeley 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. Pimlico 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 Pimlico’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Pimlico. 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.