Natural hazards · Dighton

Dighton, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dighton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 54 claims here since 1978. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dighton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dighton to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Hurricanes12%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Dighton 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 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Dighton flood?

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

54paid claims since 1978

$982Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Bob: 17 claims, $204K
March 2010 Nor'easter: 5 claims, $546K
Hurricane Sandy: 3 claims, $54K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Dighton 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 Dighton

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DightonDeclared for Bristol County only

2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2018

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$17K to the Town of Dighton for repairs

2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$43K to the Town of Dighton for repairs

2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$54K to the Town of Dighton for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

$21K to the Town of Dighton for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$35K to the Town of Dighton for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

40 households applied for aid $80K aid approved $84K to the Town of Dighton for repairs

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$6K to the Town of Dighton for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$34K to the Town of Dighton for repairs

2003

Snow

$25K to the Town of Dighton for repairs

Bristol County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Dighton

Dighton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Tauntonmostly inland floodingLow

Berkleymostly inland floodingLow

Dightonmostly inland floodingLow

Swanseamostly inland floodingVery low

Somersetmostly 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. Dighton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dighton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Dighton. 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 Dighton total about $1.4M 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.