Natural hazards · Brunson

Brunson, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brunson comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brunson?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brunson to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes55%Inland flooding17%Earthquakes10%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Brunson faces

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

Hurricanes

55% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Brunson flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hampton County.

Disasters that hit Brunson

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Brunson itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Brunson.

Brought FEMA money into BrunsonDeclared for Hampton County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

159 households applied for aid $188K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

35 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Hampton County has had 16 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. Brunson 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 Brunson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Brunson. 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.