Natural hazards · Manning

Manning, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Manning comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2015. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Manning?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Manning to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and earthquakes.

Hurricanes49%Earthquakes22%Inland flooding10%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Manning faces

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

Hurricanes

49% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Earthquakes

22% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

10% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Manning flood?

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

5paid claims since 2015

$23Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20152026

Biggest named events

October severe storms: 4 claims, $13K
Hurricane Matthew: 1 claim, $10K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clarendon County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Manning

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ManningDeclared for Clarendon County only

2016

Hurricane Matthew

309 households applied for aid $138K aid approved $39K to the City of Manning for repairs

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

1,906 households applied for aid $888K aid approved $270K to the City of Manning for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

94 households applied for aid $53K aid approved

2004

Severe Ice Storm

$31K to the City of Manning for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$2K to the City of Manning for repairs

Clarendon County has had 17 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. Manning 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 Manning’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Manning. 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.