Natural Disasters in Gillisonville, SC

Hazard risk, disaster history, and FEMA data

Natural Hazard Risk

Source: FEMA National Risk Index

Risk Score

78.6

Relatively Low

Expected Annual Loss

71.3

Score (0-100)

Social Vulnerability

76.8

Score (0-100)

Community Resilience

21.0

Score (0-100)

Top Hazard Risks

Hurricane96.2Earthquake82.7Wildfire76.7

Hazard	Risk Score
Hurricane	96.2
Earthquake	82.7
Wildfire	76.7
Heat Wave	71.5
Coastal Flood	59.0
Lightning	53.8
Drought	47.0
Tornado	35.8
Hail	32.3
Ice Storm	31.5
Cold Wave	30.9
Strong Wind	30.7
Winter Weather	20.3
Landslide	6.9

Scores range from 0 (lowest risk) to 100 (highest risk) relative to all U.S. communities. Data from FEMA National Risk Index.

Disaster Declarations

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA

Total Declarations

Most Recent

Winter Storm

Jan 2026

Most Common Type

Hurricane

15 declarations

Date	Type	Declaration
Jan 23, 2026	Winter Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORM
Sep 29, 2024	Tropical Storm	TROPICAL STORM DEBBY
Sep 29, 2024	Hurricane	HURRICANE HELENE
Sep 26, 2024	Tropical Storm	HURRICANE HELENE
Aug 5, 2024	Tropical Storm	HURRICANE DEBBY
Aug 31, 2023	Hurricane	HURRICANE IDALIA
Nov 21, 2022	Hurricane	HURRICANE IAN
Sep 29, 2022	Hurricane	HURRICANE IAN
Mar 27, 2020	Biological	COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Mar 13, 2020	Biological	COVID-19
Sep 30, 2019	Hurricane	HURRICANE DORIAN
Sep 1, 2019	Hurricane	HURRICANE DORIAN
Sep 16, 2018	Hurricane	HURRICANE FLORENCE
Sep 10, 2018	Hurricane	HURRICANE FLORENCE
Oct 16, 2017	Hurricane	HURRICANE IRMA
Sep 7, 2017	Hurricane	HURRICANE IRMA
Oct 11, 2016	Hurricane	HURRICANE MATTHEW
Oct 6, 2016	Hurricane	HURRICANE MATTHEW
Oct 3, 2015	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING
Feb 12, 2014	Severe Ice Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORM

Showing 20 of 24 declarations

Flood Insurance (NFIP)

Source: FEMA NFIP

Total Claims

113

Total Claims Paid

$2,599,824

Avg Claim Payout

$23,007

County-level NFIP data from FEMA National Flood Insurance Program.

Disaster Recovery Spending

Source: FEMA Public Assistance

Total Federal Spending

$8,130,146

Disasters with PA

Total Projects

Disaster	Type	Projects	Federal $
DR-4829	Hurricane	5	$2,447,956
DR-4286	Hurricane	14	$2,407,121
DR-4346	Other	7	$851,805
DR-4542	Severe Storm(s)	3	$521,500
DR-4835	Tropical Storm	2	$454,915
DR-4677	Hurricane	5	$404,181
DR-4464	Hurricane	8	$337,543
DR-3597	Hurricane	6	$289,170
DR-4394	Hurricane	4	$182,640
DR-1299	Hurricane	4	$146,824
DR-4492	Biological	4	$69,828
DR-4166	Severe Ice Storm	1	$16,663

Hazard Mitigation

Source: FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance

Mitigation Projects

Federal Funding

$1,492,908

Properties Protected

Avg Benefit-Cost Ratio

6.14

BCR

Top Mitigation Project Types

Project Type	Projects	Federal $
91.1: Local Multihazard Mitigation Plan	3	$74,346
601.1: Generators	1	$1,232,304
601.2: Generators - Regular	1	$77,610
205.7: Retrofitting Private Structures - Wind	1	$73,289
91.5: Local Multijurisdictional Multihazard Mitigation Plan - UPDATE	1	$35,359

Federally funded projects to reduce future disaster risk. Only includes completed or obligated projects.

Gillisonville has a relatively low overall natural hazard risk rating according to FEMA's National Risk Index. The top hazard risks are hurricane, earthquake, wildfire. The area has had 24 federal disaster declarations. The most common disaster type is hurricane (15 declarations). 113 flood insurance claims have been filed in the area. FEMA has obligated $8,130,146 in public assistance recovery funding. 7 hazard mitigation projects have been funded to reduce future risk.