Natural hazards · Summerton

Summerton, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Summerton comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high 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 Summerton?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Summerton to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes51%Inland flooding17%Earthquakes13%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Summerton faces

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

Hurricanes

51% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Earthquakes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% 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 Summerton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Summerton 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 Summerton

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SummertonDeclared for Clarendon County only

2016

Hurricane Matthew

120 households applied for aid $37K aid approved $12K to the Town of Summerton for repairs

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

860 households applied for aid $681K aid approved

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

13 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2004

Severe Ice Storm

$5K to the Town of Summerton for repairs

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