Natural hazards · Denmark

Denmark, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Denmark comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2000. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Denmark?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Denmark to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and earthquakes.

Hurricanes39%Earthquakes16%Hail13%Inland flooding13%Tornadoes6%Strong wind5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Denmark faces

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

Hurricanes

39% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Earthquakes

16% of expected damage

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

Hail

13% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

13% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 43 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Denmark flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Denmark, from FEMA’s records.

2paid claims since 2000

$99Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20002026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bamberg County.

Disasters that hit Denmark

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DenmarkDeclared for Bamberg County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

850 households applied for aid $1.0M aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

75 households applied for aid $36K aid approved $77K to the City of Denmark for repairs

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

146 households applied for aid $57K aid approved

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$25K to the City of Denmark for repairs

Bamberg 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. Denmark 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 Denmark’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Denmark. 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.