Natural hazards · East Sumter

East Sumter, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in East Sumter comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2015. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is East Sumter?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in East Sumter to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding41%Hurricanes21%Earthquakes18%Tornadoes6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What East Sumter faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Earthquakes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% 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 East Sumter flood?

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

3paid claims since 2015

$37Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20152026

Biggest named events

October severe storms: 1 claim, $13K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sumter County.

Disasters that hit East Sumter

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into East SumterDeclared for Sumter County only

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Sumter County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around East Sumter

East Sumter and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

East Sumtermostly inland floodingModerate

Sumtermostly inland floodingModerate

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. East Sumter covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to East Sumter’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to East Sumter. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across East Sumter total about $2.0M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.