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Natural hazards · Conway

Conway, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Conway comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1987. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Conway?

48
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Conway to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding69%Cold waves9%Hurricanes8%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Conway faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Conway flood?

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

5paid claims since 1987
$179Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19872026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 3 claims, $109K
  • Hurricane Floyd: 1 claim, $67K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

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

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ConwayDeclared for Franklin County only
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$12K to the Town of Conway for repairs
2011

Severe Storm and Snowstorm

$10K to the Town of Conway for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

24 households applied for aid $41K aid approved $108K to the Town of Conway for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$78K to the Town of Conway for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$25K to the Town of Conway for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$23K to the Town of Conway for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$8K to the Town of Conway for repairs
2003

Snow

$14K to the Town of Conway for repairs
2001

Snow

$7K to the Town of Conway for repairs
Franklin County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Conway

Conway and the towns around it

Shelburne: High, mostly inland floodingDeerfield: Low, mostly inland floodingGoshen: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWhately: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAshfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBuckland: High, mostly inland floodingCharlemont: High, mostly inland floodingGreenfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMontague: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSunderland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingChesterfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWilliamsburg: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCummington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHatfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPlainfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingConway: Moderate, mostly inland flooding ConwayShelburneDeerfieldGoshenWhatelyAshfieldBuckland
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Shelburnemostly inland floodingHigh
Bucklandmostly inland floodingHigh
Goshenmostly inland floodingModerate
Whatelymostly inland floodingModerate
Conwaymostly inland floodingModerate
Ashfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Deerfieldmostly inland floodingLow
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. Conway 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 Conway’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Conway. 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.

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