Natural hazards · Pomaria

Pomaria, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pomaria comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Pomaria?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pomaria to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes20%Hurricanes12%Cold waves9%Earthquakes6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Pomaria faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Hurricanes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Pomaria flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Newberry County.

Disasters that hit Pomaria

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PomariaDeclared for Newberry County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

361 households applied for aid $361K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

52 households applied for aid $22K aid approved

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