Natural hazards · Wallace

Wallace, SC natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wallace comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Wallace?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wallace to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes33%Inland flooding25%Tornadoes14%Ice storms6%Cold waves6%Strong wind5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Wallace faces

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

Hurricanes

33% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Wallace flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marlboro County.

Disasters that hit Wallace

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WallaceDeclared for Marlboro County only

2020

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

45 households applied for aid $76K aid approved

2018

Hurricane Florence

148 households applied for aid $110K aid approved

2016

Hurricane Matthew

44 households applied for aid $29K aid approved

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Marlboro County has had 18 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. Wallace 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 Wallace’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Wallace. 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.