Natural hazards · North Santee

North Santee, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in North Santee comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is North Santee?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in North Santee to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes44%Inland flooding30%Earthquakes7%Everything else19%

By hazard

What North Santee faces

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

Hurricanes

44% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

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 North Santee flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. North Santee 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.

Disasters that hit North Santee

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Clarendon County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching North Santee itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into North SanteeDeclared for Clarendon County only

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. North Santee 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 North Santee’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to North Santee. 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.