Natural hazards · Due West

Due West, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Due West comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low 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 Due West?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Due West to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves28%Inland flooding27%Tornadoes16%Heat waves8%Earthquakes8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Due West faces

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

Cold waves

28% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 20 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Due West flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Abbeville County.

Disasters that hit Due West

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Due WestDeclared for Abbeville County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

220 households applied for aid $144K aid approved $260K to the Town of Due West for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Storm

$10K to the Town of Due West for repairs

Abbeville County has had 15 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. Due West 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 Due West’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Due West. 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.