Natural hazards · Turbeville

Turbeville, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Turbeville comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very 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 Turbeville?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Turbeville to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes46%Inland flooding17%Earthquakes10%Tornadoes7%Heat waves6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Turbeville faces

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

Hurricanes

46% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 30 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Turbeville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clarendon County.

Disasters that hit Turbeville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TurbevilleDeclared for Clarendon County only

2016

Hurricane Matthew

79 households applied for aid $83K aid approved $27K to the Town of Turbeville for repairs

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

217 households applied for aid $167K aid approved $4K to the Town of Turbeville for repairs

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$13K to the Town of Turbeville for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

102 households applied for aid $43K aid approved

2004

Severe Ice Storm

$6K to the Town of Turbeville for repairs

Clarendon County has had 17 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. Turbeville 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 Turbeville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Turbeville. 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.