Hazards and emergency information in South Carolina
Evacuation zones, hazard plans, shelters, and disaster help.
South Carolina hurricane evacuation zones
Page with South Carolina's Know Your Zone map, where you look up whether an address on the coast is in a hurricane evacuation zone and how storm surge could reach it.
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- South Carolina floodplain and flood mapsSouth Carolina's floodplain program: the flood maps, the extra rules that apply to building or rebuilding near water, and who runs the program locally.
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- South Carolina coastal and shoreline rulesSouth Carolina's eight coastal counties have an extra layer of rules. OCRM runs the critical area permits, the beachfront setback and jurisdictional lines. Che…
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- South Carolina Geological SurveySouth Carolina geology: landslide, earthquake and ground hazards, groundwater, minerals and geologic maps.
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- U.S. wildfire risk mapType a community, county or state to see its wildfire likelihood, risk to homes and exposure, with maps and charts. It shows long-term risk, not current fires,…
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- U.S. hurricane storm surge risk mapsInteractive map of how deep storm surge flooding could get near the coast in a worst-case hurricane of each category. It does not replace your local hurricane …
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- U.S. landslide mapInteractive national map of known landslides and how susceptible the ground is to landslides. It is a broad screening map, not a site-specific assessment.
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- Southern wildfire risk mapOpen the Southern Wildfire Risk Explorer map to see wildfire risk for a place in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North C…
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About hazards and emergency information
Emergency management agencies publish evacuation zones, hazard mitigation plans, shelter information, dam and pipeline data, and post-disaster assistance programs.