Natural hazards · Bucksport

Bucksport, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bucksport comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bucksport?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bucksport to be higher than in 95% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes51%Inland flooding30%Tornadoes6%Earthquakes5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Bucksport faces

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

Hurricanes

51% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 32 years in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

LandslidesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bucksport flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Horry County.

Disasters that hit Bucksport

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BucksportDeclared for Horry County only

2022

Hurricane Ian

1 household applied for aid $300 aid approved

2018

Hurricane Florence

8 households applied for aid $41K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

2 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

3 households applied for aid

Horry County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

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. Bucksport 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 Bucksport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Bucksport. 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.