Natural hazards · Willington

Willington, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Willington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Willington?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Willington to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes16%Cold waves8%Hurricanes6%Earthquakes5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Willington faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Willington flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: McCormick County.

Disasters that hit Willington

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WillingtonDeclared for McCormick County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

2 households applied for aid $750 aid approved

McCormick County has had 15 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. Willington covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Willington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Willington. 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 Willington total about $919K 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.