Natural hazards · Browntown

Browntown, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Browntown comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Browntown?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Browntown to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes28%Inland flooding23%Tornadoes17%Earthquakes13%Cold waves7%Strong wind5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Browntown faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Hurricanes

28% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Browntown flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Browntown.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Browntown isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Lee County.

Disasters that hit Browntown

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Lee County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Browntown itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into BrowntownDeclared for Lee County only

Lee County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Browntown is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Browntown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Browntown. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); 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. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.