Natural hazards · New Ellenton

New Ellenton, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Ellenton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Ellenton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Ellenton to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding52%Hurricanes14%Tornadoes11%Earthquakes7%Everything else16%

By hazard

What New Ellenton faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 49 years in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% 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 New Ellenton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Aiken County.

Disasters that hit New Ellenton

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New EllentonDeclared for Aiken County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

638 households applied for aid $519K aid approved

2020

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

2 households applied for aid $256 aid approved

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$58K to the Town of New Ellenton for repairs

2004

Severe Ice Storm

$45K to the Town of New Ellenton for repairs

Aiken 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. New Ellenton 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 New Ellenton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of New Ellenton. 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.