Natural hazards · Red Hill

Red Hill, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Red Hill comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 117 claims here since 1987. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Red Hill?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Red Hill to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes64%Inland flooding14%Tornadoes8%Earthquakes7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Red Hill faces

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

Hurricanes

64% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

14% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce 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 Red Hill flood?

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

117paid claims since 1987

$5.5Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19872026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Florence: 31 claims, $3.0M
October severe storms: 27 claims, $699K
Hurricane Floyd: 18 claims, $775K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Horry County.

Disasters that hit Red Hill

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Red Hill itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Red Hill.

Brought FEMA money into Red HillDeclared for Horry County only

2018

Hurricane Florence

1 household applied for aid

Horry County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

Around Red Hill

Red Hill and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Socasteemostly hurricanesVery high

Conwaymostly hurricanesVery high

Red Hillmostly hurricanesVery high

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. Red Hill covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Red Hill’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Red Hill. 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 Red Hill total about $6.2M 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.