Is West Columbia safe? United States travel risk
Is West Columbia safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
West Columbia scores 37/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
West Columbia scores 37/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to West Columbia: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and natural hazards (54/100).
A score of 37 is higher than 35% of the cities we score.
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Location & Spatial Data
Coordinates 33.9932° N, 81.0936° W place West Columbia within South Carolina at an elevation of 87 meters. Heading to Washington: 656.5 km NNE.
South Carolina
33.9932° N, 81.0936° W
87 m
America/New_York
17,723
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (United States)
Climate by Month
Hottest: July (32 °C avg high); Wettest: August (148 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 12° | 15° | 19° | 23° | 28° | 31° | 32° | 31° | 29° | 24° | 18° | 14° |
| Low °C | 3° | 4° | 8° | 12° | 16° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 20° | 14° | 8° | 4° |
| Rain mm | 104 | 88 | 103 | 83 | 76 | 99 | 128 | 148 | 85 | 54 | 73 | 102 |
Normals: Columbia (18.2 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of West Columbia happened in November (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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