Natural hazards · Rowesville

Rowesville, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rowesville comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rowesville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rowesville to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and earthquakes.

Hurricanes39%Earthquakes26%Inland flooding20%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Rowesville faces

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

Hurricanes

39% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Earthquakes

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Rowesville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Orangeburg County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Rowesville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RowesvilleDeclared for Orangeburg County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

105 households applied for aid $159K aid approved

2020

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

6 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

25 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

52 households applied for aid $24K aid approved

2004

Severe Ice Storm

$9K to the Town of Rowesville for repairs

Orangeburg County has had 20 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. Rowesville 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 Rowesville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Rowesville. 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.