Natural hazards · Jacksonboro

Jacksonboro, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jacksonboro comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high 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 Jacksonboro?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jacksonboro to be higher than in 97% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and coastal flooding.

Hurricanes52%Coastal flooding21%Inland flooding13%Earthquakes9%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Jacksonboro faces

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

Hurricanes

52% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Coastal flooding

21% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

13% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Jacksonboro flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Colleton County.

Disasters that hit Jacksonboro

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JacksonboroDeclared for Colleton County only

2016

Hurricane Matthew

19 households applied for aid $37K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

61 households applied for aid $58K aid approved

Colleton County has had 16 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. Jacksonboro 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 Jacksonboro’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Jacksonboro. 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.