County Hazards

States › South Carolina › 1967

South Carolina, 1967

The year's recorded storm events, federal disaster declarations and flood insurance claims.

37events recorded32 in 1966
0deaths recorded5 injuries
$453Kproperty damage (estimates)
0disaster declarations0 NFIP claims, $0 paid
← 19661968 →

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders.

Events by hazard

Wind20
Tornado11
Hail6

Includes events recorded by forecast zone. The state's yearly total for 1967 was 37 against 32 in 1966.

Counties with the most recorded events

CountyEvents in 1967
Lexington County5
Richland County5
Florence County4
Sumter County3
Greenville County2
Hampton County2
Horry County2
Spartanburg County2
Bamberg County1
Barnwell County1
Berkeley County1
Charleston County1
Colleton County1
Jasper County1
Kershaw County1
Lancaster County1
Lee County1
Marion County1
Orangeburg County1
York County1

Notable events

DateCountyEvent typeMagnitudeProperty damageDeathsInjuries
29 May 1967RichlandTornadoF2$25,000—3
24 Nov 1967HorryTornadoF3$25,000—1
1 Dec 1967HorryTornadoF2$25,000—1
24 Nov 1967RichlandTornadoF1$250,000——
12 Mar 1967FlorenceTornadoF2$25,000——
12 Mar 1967FlorenceTornadoF2$25,000——
2 May 1967GreenvilleTornadoF2$25,000——
15 May 1967SumterTornadoF1$25,000——
12 Jul 1967GreenvilleTornadoF0$25,000——
7 Apr 1967KershawTornadoF1$2,500——
7 May 1967BerkeleyTornadoF0$30——

Up to 40 events with deaths, injuries, damage of $50,000 or more, or a tornado rating, ranked by deaths, injuries and damage.

Federal disaster declarations in 1967

No declaration touching South Carolina was made in 1967.

Flood insurance claims with a 1967 date of loss

No NFIP claims in South Carolina carry a 1967 date of loss. The NFIP claims file begins with 1978 losses.

Sources: NOAA NCEI Storm Events through 30 Jun 2026; OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2 (1 Oct 2026); OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 (8 Sep 2026). Built 1 Oct 2026.