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Natural hazards · East Brookfield

East Brookfield, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in East Brookfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2003. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is East Brookfield?

48
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding67%Hurricanes15%Cold waves5%Everything else13%
By hazard

What East Brookfield faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year 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 East Brookfield flood?

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

2paid claims since 2003
$8Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20032026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $4K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. East Brookfield isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Worcester County.
Disasters that hit East Brookfield

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into East BrookfieldDeclared for Worcester County only
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$6K to the Town of East Brookfield for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$10K to the Town of East Brookfield for repairs
2011

Severe Storm and Snowstorm

$21K to the Town of East Brookfield for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $8K to the Town of East Brookfield for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$3K to the Town of East Brookfield for repairs
2003

Snow

$4K to the Town of East Brookfield for repairs
Worcester County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around East Brookfield

East Brookfield and the towns around it

Brookfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorth Brookfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCharlton: Low, mostly inland floodingSturbridge: Low, mostly inland floodingWest Brookfield: High, mostly inland floodingNew Braintree: Low, mostly inland floodingSouthbridge Town: High, mostly inland floodingOxford: Low, mostly inland floodingSpencer: Low, mostly inland floodingHolland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBrimfield: Low, mostly inland floodingEast Brookfield: Moderate, mostly inland flooding East BrookfieldBrookfieldNorth BrookfieldCharltonSturbridge
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Brookfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
East Brookfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
North Brookfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Sturbridgemostly inland floodingLow
Charltonmostly 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. East Brookfield covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to East Brookfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of East Brookfield. 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 East Brookfield total about $566K 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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