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South Carolina: Federal Disaster Declarations

South Carolina has recorded 39 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 20 major disasters, 12 emergencies, and 7 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is hurricane. It ranks #36 nationally by total declarations.

39
Declarations since FY2000
20
Major disasters (DR)
12
Emergencies (EM)
7
Fire management (FM)
6
Requests denied
13.3%
Denial rate
#36
National rank by declarations
18.6
Avg days to a decision

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Most common hazards

All declarations on record

DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance

Showing 39 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Mar 23, 2025FM-5575-SCFMFireTable Rock Fire
Mar 23, 2025FM-5576-SCFMFireTable Rock Fire Complex
Mar 7, 2025FM-5554-SCFMFireCovington Drive Fire
Jan 10, 2025DR-4858-SCDRFloodSevere Storms And Flooding
Sep 29, 2024DR-4835-SCDRTropical StormTropical Storm Debby
Sep 29, 2024DR-4829-SCDRHurricaneHurricane Helene
Sep 26, 2024EM-3619-SCEMTropical StormHurricane Helene
Aug 5, 2024EM-3606-SCEMTropical StormHurricane Debby
Aug 31, 2023EM-3597-SCEMHurricaneHurricane Idalia
Nov 21, 2022DR-4677-SCDRHurricaneHurricane Ian
Sep 29, 2022EM-3585-SCEMHurricaneHurricane Ian
May 1, 2020DR-4542-SCDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, And Straight-Line Winds
Mar 27, 2020DR-4492-SCDRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 17, 2020DR-4479-SCDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Mar 13, 2020EM-3470-SCEMBiologicalCovid-19
Sep 30, 2019DR-4464-SCDRHurricaneHurricane Dorian
Sep 1, 2019EM-3421-SCEMHurricaneHurricane Dorian
Sep 16, 2018DR-4394-SCDRHurricaneHurricane Florence
Sep 10, 2018EM-3400-SCEMHurricaneHurricane Florence
Oct 16, 2017DR-4346-SCDRHurricaneHurricane Irma
Sep 7, 2017EM-3386-SCEMHurricaneHurricane Irma
Nov 12, 2016FM-5162-SCFMFirePinnacle Mountain Fire
Oct 11, 2016DR-4286-SCDRHurricaneHurricane Matthew
Oct 6, 2016EM-3378-SCEMHurricaneHurricane Matthew
Oct 5, 2015DR-4241-SCDRFloodSevere Storms And Flooding
Oct 3, 2015EM-3373-SCEMSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Mar 12, 2014DR-4166-SCDRSevere Ice StormSevere Winter Storm
Feb 12, 2014EM-3369-SCEMSevere Ice StormSevere Winter Storm
Apr 23, 2009FM-2816-SCFMFireHighway 31 Fire
Jan 20, 2006DR-1625-SCDRSevere Ice StormSevere Ice Storm
Sep 10, 2005EM-3233-SCEMHurricaneHurricane Katrina Evacuation
Oct 7, 2004DR-1566-SCDRHurricaneTropical Storm Frances
Sep 15, 2004DR-1547-SCDRSevere StormTropical Storm Gaston
Sep 1, 2004DR-1543-SCDRHurricaneHurricane Charley
Feb 13, 2004DR-1509-SCDRSevere Ice StormSevere Ice Storm
Jan 8, 2003DR-1451-SCDRSevere Ice StormSevere Ice Storm
Jun 18, 2002FM-2426-SCFMFireSc-Legends Fire
Nov 9, 2001FM-2388-SCFMFireSc - Long Bay Fire - 11/09/2001
Jan 31, 2000DR-1313-SCDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm

Denied requests

FEMA turned down 6 declaration requests from South Carolina since FY2000, a denial rate of 13.3%. Denials are tracked in a separate FEMA dataset from approved declarations.

DateTypeHazard
Jun 5, 2024Major DisasterDam/Levee Break
May 7, 2024Major DisasterSevere Storm
Feb 2, 2024Major DisasterSevere Storm
Mar 24, 2008Major DisasterTornado
Jun 13, 2006EmergencyFire
Jan 11, 2005EmergencyChemical
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How these numbers are built

Every figure is drawn from FEMA's OpenFEMA datasets: the Disaster Declarations Summaries for declarations and the Declaration Denials dataset for turndowns, rebuilt automatically each week. A "declaration" is one unique combination of declaration type (DR / EM / FM), disaster number, and state, so a single disaster affecting five states counts as five declarations. Years are federal fiscal years (Oct 1 to Sep 30). Totals on this page cover complete fiscal years only; the current in-progress year may appear in the most-recent list but is not counted in the totals. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.

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