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Attleboro, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Attleboro comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 58 claims here since 1978. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Attleboro?

26
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Attleboro to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Hurricanes10%Earthquakes6%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Attleboro faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 61% 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 Attleboro flood?

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

58paid claims since 1978
$1.3Mpaid to owners
8homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • March 2010 Nor'easter: 17 claims, $305K
  • Not a named storm: 1 claim, $226

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Attleboro isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Bristol County.
Disasters that hit Attleboro

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AttleboroDeclared for Bristol County only
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

160 households applied for aid $794K aid approved
2022

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$236K to the City of Attleboro for repairs
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$56K to the City of Attleboro for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$310K to the City of Attleboro for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$197K to the City of Attleboro for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$44K to the City of Attleboro for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$136K to the City of Attleboro for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

670 households applied for aid $871K aid approved $57K to the City of Attleboro for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

45 households applied for aid $47K aid approved $23K to the City of Attleboro for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$163K to the City of Attleboro for repairs
2003

Snow

$216K to the City of Attleboro for repairs
Bristol County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Attleboro

Attleboro and the towns around it

North Attleborough Town: Low, mostly inland floodingPawtucket: Low, mostly inland floodingRehoboth: Low, mostly inland floodingCentral Falls: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSeekonk: Very low, mostly inland floodingCumberland: Low, mostly inland floodingPlainville: Very low, mostly inland floodingProvidence: Low, mostly inland floodingNorth Providence: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEast Providence: Very low, mostly inland floodingSwansea: Very low, mostly inland floodingTaunton: Low, mostly inland floodingNorton: Low, mostly inland floodingLincoln: Low, mostly inland floodingWoonsocket: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWrentham: Very low, mostly inland floodingNorth Smithfield: Low, mostly inland floodingAttleboro: Low, mostly inland flooding AttleboroNorth Attleborough TownPawtucketRehobothCentral FallsSeekonkCumberland
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Central Fallsmostly inland floodingModerate
Rehobothmostly inland floodingLow
Pawtucketmostly inland floodingLow
Cumberlandmostly inland floodingLow
Attleboromostly inland floodingLow
North Attleborough Townmostly inland floodingLow
Seekonkmostly 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. Attleboro covers 9 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Attleboro’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Attleboro. 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 Attleboro total about $6.7M 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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