Natural hazards · Burnettown

Burnettown, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Burnettown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Burnettown?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Burnettown to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding55%Hurricanes12%Tornadoes11%Earthquakes6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Burnettown faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce 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 Burnettown flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Aiken County.

Disasters that hit Burnettown

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BurnettownDeclared for Aiken County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

9 households applied for aid $750 aid approved

Aiken County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Burnettown

Burnettown and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Burnettownmostly inland floodingLow

Langleymostly inland floodingLow

North Augustamostly inland floodingLow

Clearwatermostly inland floodingLow

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