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Natural hazards · Abington

Abington, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Abington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1978. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Abington?

22
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Abington to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Hurricanes11%Everything else18%
By hazard

What Abington faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Abington flood?

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

10paid claims since 1978
$31Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • March 2010 Nor'easter: 1 claim, $2K
  • The “Halloween” storm: 1 claim, $645
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Abington isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Plymouth County.
Disasters that hit Abington

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AbingtonDeclared for Plymouth County only
2022

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$53K to the Town of Abington for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$193K to the Town of Abington for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$22K to the Town of Abington for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$26K to the Town of Abington for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$33K to the Town of Abington for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

186 households applied for aid $210K aid approved $21K to the Town of Abington for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $17K aid approved
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$93K to the Town of Abington for repairs
2003

Snow

$112K to the Town of Abington for repairs
Plymouth County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Abington

Abington and the towns around it

Brockton: Low, mostly inland floodingRockland: Very low, mostly inland floodingWhitman: Low, mostly inland floodingWest Bridgewater: Very low, mostly inland floodingEast Bridgewater: Low, mostly inland floodingEaston: Low, mostly inland floodingHanover: Very low, mostly inland floodingNorwell: Very low, mostly inland floodingHanson: Very low, mostly inland floodingAbington: Low, mostly inland flooding AbingtonBrocktonRocklandWhitman
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Brocktonmostly inland floodingLow
Abingtonmostly inland floodingLow
Whitmanmostly inland floodingLow
Rocklandmostly inland floodingVery low
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. Abington covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Abington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Abington. 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 Abington total about $2.7M 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.

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