SC Atlas of Environmental Risks & Hazards

This interactive website features maps, charts, and data on environmental hazards such as earthquakes, severe storms, and wildfires.  Find out how many events and how much damage each hazard has caused South Carolina. Also, learn what you can do to protect yourself and your family in the event of each hazard.

• Drought
  
• Flood
  
• Severe Storms
  
• Tornadoes
  

Hurricanes

• Early Season South Carolina Hurricanes
  There have been 23 storms in late May and June in South Carolina in the last 250 years.
• Hurricane Preparedness
  Find out what you can do to prepare for the hurricane season.
• Coastal Evacuation Maps
  In the event of a hurricane evacuation, find out the route you should take.
• Hurricane Name Game
  Can you match the hurricane with the satellite image?
• "The Scourging Wrath of God:" Early Hurricanes in Charleston, 1700 -1804
  What was living through a hurricane like before early detection systems?

Earthquakes and other Natural Disasters

Charleston, S.C. - Corner of Cumberland and East Bay Streets. Wm. M. Bird & Co. (Paint and Builder's Suppliers). Following the earthquake, Sept., 1886. (Wm. E. Wilson, Landscape Photographer, Savannah GA.) Image courtesy of The Urban Landscape Digital Image Access Project at Duke University.

• SC Prehistoric Earthquakes
  Geologists have evidence of several large earthquakes during the last 5,000 years.
• Earthquakes in South Carolina
  This article from Sandlapper describes the Charleston Earthquake of 1886 and other seismic events in South Carolina.
• Fault Map
  Does a fault line run under your hometown?
• Charleston Earthquake of 1886
  Read first person accounts of the Charleston Earthquake and see pictures of the damage.
  • Images from the Charleston Earthquake
  • Charleston Earthquake Images
• Landslides
  Find out what makes landslides so dangerous and how to be prepared.
• Important Fires of South Carolina
  Learn about several fires that caused significant damage in South Carolina.