India Hook’s building-damage rate from ice storms is in the top 4% of U.S. census tracts
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, India Hook gets a B for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 56% of U.S. towns, #81 of 169 in South Carolina. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (83%). FEMA’s files show no paid flood insurance claims here.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What India Hook faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Tornadoes
Ice storms
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
What’s behind India Hook’s grade
River and rain flooding is 83% of the building damage FEMA expects in India Hook, and India Hook’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is higher than 63% of U.S. census tracts. Ice storms add 5%, at a rate in the top 4% of U.S. census tracts.
B #81 of 169 in South Carolina; lower expected damage per building than 56% of U.S. towns (21,298).
India Hook’s residents live in 3 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
The typical South Carolina town has lower expected damage than 55% of U.S. towns; within the state, India Hook has less expected damage per building than 52% of South Carolina towns.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $1.6M a year in losses across India Hook: $1.2M to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does India Hook flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in India Hook. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
India Hook isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: York County.The storms India Hook remembers
None of the 16 disasters declared for York County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching India Hook itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
York County has had 16 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often hurricanes and tropical storms, then winter storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
India Hook and its neighbors
India Hook is 2nd of the 2 graded towns here, from least expected damage per building to most. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Hill | A−less damage than 78% | river and rain flooding | 10 |
| India Hook | Bless damage than 56% | river and rain flooding | 0 |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what India Hook faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Ice brings down trees and lines: plan for days without power.
- Run a generator outside, far from doors and windows.
- Keep sand or salt by the door.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Questions about natural hazards in India Hook
Is India Hook at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, India Hook has lower expected damage per building than 56% of U.S. towns: B for hazard risk, #81 of 169 in South Carolina. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (83%) and tornadoes (7%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is India Hook in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In York County, 48% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.4% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in India Hook?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for India Hook’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Is India Hook at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (83%), and India Hook’s rate for it is higher than 63% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in India Hook.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where India Hook’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.