Employment in Hurricane Storm Surge Flood Zones, Charleston County, SC
±
Williamsburg
Georgetown
Berkeley
Note: Flood zones represent a
conservative estimation of areas
that would experience flooding in
the event of a hurricane. Zone 1
is the area that would be flooded
by a Category I hurricane. A
Category II hurricane would cause
flooding in Zones 1 and 2. The
hurricane categories reference the
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Quarterly Census of
Employment and Wages;
2012 Third Quarter
https://www.bls.gov/cew
Dorchester
Flood Zone Source: National Hurricane Program.
Charleston
Area
Zone 1
Zone 2
Zone 3
Zone 4
0
5
10
20 Miles
Total Included
Unincluded
Average
Establishments
Monthly
Employment
Total
Quarterly
Wages
1,146
25,001
310,720,356
1,602
27,780
299,604,887
3,008
1,064
6,820
5,152
54,003
13,654
120,439
97,886
532,974,293
120,740,842
1,264,040,378
1,005,782,153