Natural hazards · Kline

Kline, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kline comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Kline?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kline to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding31%Hurricanes27%Tornadoes16%Earthquakes7%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Kline faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Hurricanes

27% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% 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 Kline flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Barnwell County.

Disasters that hit Kline

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KlineDeclared for Barnwell County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

6 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

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