Natural hazards · Salley

Salley, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Salley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Salley?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Salley to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding36%Hurricanes25%Earthquakes10%Tornadoes9%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Salley faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

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 Salley flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Salley 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 Salley

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SalleyDeclared for Aiken County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

403 households applied for aid $463K aid approved

2020

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

9 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$5K to the Town of Salley for repairs

2004

Severe Ice Storm

$10K to the Town of Salley 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. Salley 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 Salley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Salley. 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.