Natural Disasters in Brookdale, SC

Hazard risk, disaster history, and FEMA data

Natural Hazard Risk

Source: FEMA National Risk Index

Risk Score

87.7

Relatively Moderate

Expected Annual Loss

81.7

Score (0-100)

Social Vulnerability

94.8

Score (0-100)

Community Resilience

47.4

Score (0-100)

Top Hazard Risks

Earthquake95.6Hurricane95.3Strong Wind93.4

Hazard	Risk Score
Earthquake	95.6
Hurricane	95.3
Strong Wind	93.4
Ice Storm	87.9
Lightning	86.6
Heat Wave	81.6
Wildfire	79.9
Hail	76.4
Drought	75.4
Cold Wave	75.2
Tornado	66.3
Winter Weather	64.9
Landslide	47.0

Scores range from 0 (lowest risk) to 100 (highest risk) relative to all U.S. communities. Data from FEMA National Risk Index.

Disaster Declarations

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA

Total Declarations

Most Recent

Winter Storm

Jan 2026

Most Common Type

Hurricane

15 declarations

Date	Type	Declaration
Jan 23, 2026	Winter Storm	SEVERE WINTER STORM
Jan 10, 2025	Flood	SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING
Sep 29, 2024	Tropical Storm	TROPICAL STORM DEBBY
Sep 29, 2024	Hurricane	HURRICANE HELENE
Aug 5, 2024	Tropical Storm	HURRICANE DEBBY
Aug 31, 2023	Hurricane	HURRICANE IDALIA
Nov 21, 2022	Hurricane	HURRICANE IAN
Sep 29, 2022	Hurricane	HURRICANE IAN
May 1, 2020	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, AND STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS
Mar 27, 2020	Biological	COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Mar 13, 2020	Biological	COVID-19
Sep 1, 2019	Hurricane	HURRICANE DORIAN
Sep 16, 2018	Hurricane	HURRICANE FLORENCE
Sep 10, 2018	Hurricane	HURRICANE FLORENCE
Oct 16, 2017	Hurricane	HURRICANE IRMA
Sep 7, 2017	Hurricane	HURRICANE IRMA
Oct 11, 2016	Hurricane	HURRICANE MATTHEW
Oct 6, 2016	Hurricane	HURRICANE MATTHEW
Oct 5, 2015	Flood	SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING
Oct 3, 2015	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING

Showing 20 of 30 declarations

Flood Insurance (NFIP)

Source: FEMA NFIP

Total Claims

122

Total Claims Paid

$3,476,956

Avg Claim Payout

$28,500

County-level NFIP data from FEMA National Flood Insurance Program.

Disaster Recovery Spending

Source: FEMA Public Assistance

Total Federal Spending

$13,090,968

Disasters with PA

Total Projects

188

Disaster	Type	Projects	Federal $
DR-4492	Biological	6	$3,011,542
DR-4286	Hurricane	24	$2,280,078
DR-4858	Severe Storm(s)	36	$2,005,244
DR-4166	Severe Ice Storm	17	$1,739,196
DR-1509	Severe Ice Storm	31	$1,608,712
DR-4241	Flood	34	$1,018,826
DR-4829	Hurricane	11	$503,977
DR-4835	Tropical Storm	9	$465,113
DR-4542	Severe Storm(s)	4	$275,965
DR-4394	Hurricane	7	$120,958
DR-1299	Hurricane	6	$37,463
DR-4346	Other	1	$17,689
DR-1313	Severe Storm(s)	2	$6,205

Hazard Mitigation

Source: FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance

Mitigation Projects

Federal Funding

$419,508

Properties Protected

Avg Benefit-Cost Ratio

1.35

BCR

Top Mitigation Project Types

Project Type	Projects	Federal $
600.1: Warning Systems (as a Component of a Planned, Adopted, and Exercised Risk Reduction Plan)	3	$154,182
205.8: Retrofitting Public Structures - Wind	3	$103,668
601.2: Generators - Regular	2	$138,971
91.1: Local Multihazard Mitigation Plan	1	$13,845
200.3: Acquisition of Public Real Property (Structures and Land) - Riverine	1	$0

Federally funded projects to reduce future disaster risk. Only includes completed or obligated projects.

Brookdale has a relatively moderate overall natural hazard risk rating according to FEMA's National Risk Index. The top hazard risks are earthquake, hurricane, strong wind. The area has had 30 federal disaster declarations. The most common disaster type is hurricane (15 declarations). 122 flood insurance claims have been filed in the area. FEMA has obligated $13,090,968 in public assistance recovery funding. 12 hazard mitigation projects have been funded to reduce future risk.