Natural hazards · Sangaree

Sangaree, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sangaree comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2016.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sangaree?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sangaree to be higher than in 96% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and earthquakes.

Hurricanes47%Earthquakes32%Inland flooding12%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Sangaree faces

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

Hurricanes

47% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Earthquakes

32% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Sangaree flood?

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

1paid claims since 2016

$15Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20162026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Matthew: 1 claim, $15K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Sangaree 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.

Disasters that hit Sangaree

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into SangareeDeclared for Berkeley County only

Berkeley County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Sangaree

Sangaree and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sangareemostly hurricanesVery high

Ladsonmostly hurricanesVery high

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. Sangaree covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sangaree’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Sangaree. 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 Sangaree total about $2.8M 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.