Natural hazards · Moncks Corner

Moncks Corner, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Moncks Corner comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 26 claims here since 1982. 13 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Moncks Corner?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Moncks Corner to be higher than in 94% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and earthquakes.

Hurricanes52%Earthquakes35%Inland flooding8%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Moncks Corner 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

Earthquakes

35% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

8% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 10% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce 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 Moncks Corner flood?

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

26paid claims since 1982

$585Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19822026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Debby: 7 claims, $409K
October severe storms: 6 claims, $95K
Hurricane Matthew: 3 claims, $39K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Berkeley County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

9flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Moncks Corner

13 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Moncks CornerDeclared for Berkeley County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

8 households applied for aid

2024

Tropical Storm Debby

$58K to the Town of Moncks Corner for repairs

2023

Hurricane Idalia

$19K to the Town of Moncks Corner for repairs

2022

Hurricane Ian

$18K to the Town of Moncks Corner for repairs

2020

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

110 households applied for aid $155K aid approved

2019

Hurricane Dorian

$86K to the Town of Moncks Corner for repairs

2018

Hurricane Florence

$45K to the Town of Moncks Corner for repairs

2017

Hurricane Irma

$27K to the Town of Moncks Corner for repairs

2016

Hurricane Matthew

352 households applied for aid $189K aid approved $117K to the Town of Moncks Corner for repairs

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

1,172 households applied for aid $861K aid approved $37K to the Town of Moncks Corner for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

173 households applied for aid $198K aid approved

2004

Tropical Storm Gaston

$6K to the Town of Moncks Corner for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$9K to the Town of Moncks Corner for repairs

Berkeley 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. Moncks Corner covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Moncks Corner’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Moncks Corner. 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 Moncks Corner total about $13.2M 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.