Natural hazards · Quinby

Quinby, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Quinby comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2015. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Quinby?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Quinby to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes41%Inland flooding22%Tornadoes14%Earthquakes10%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Quinby faces

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

Hurricanes

41% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 10% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Quinby flood?

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

3paid claims since 2015

$11Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20152026

Biggest named events

October severe storms: 1 claim, $10K
Hurricane Matthew: 1 claim, $52
Hurricane Florence: 1 claim, $850

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Florence County.

Disasters that hit Quinby

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into QuinbyDeclared for Florence County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

4 households applied for aid

2016

Hurricane Matthew

17 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

17 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

1 household applied for aid $517 aid approved

Florence 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. Quinby covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Quinby’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Quinby. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Quinby total about $2.2M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.