Natural hazards · McConnells

McConnells, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in McConnells comes from cold waves, 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 McConnells?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in McConnells to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves39%Inland flooding27%Tornadoes15%Drought8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What McConnells faces

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

Cold waves

39% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 21 years in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 27 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 McConnells flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: York County.

Disasters that hit McConnells

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into McConnellsDeclared for York County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

4 households applied for aid $300 aid approved

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