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Natural hazards · Egremont

Egremont, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Egremont comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1982. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Egremont?

46
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Egremont to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Hurricanes10%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Egremont faces

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

Inland flooding

74% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Egremont flood?

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

6paid claims since 1982
$34Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19822026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 2 claims, $20K
  • Not a named storm: 1 claim, $510
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Egremont isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Berkshire County.
Disasters that hit Egremont

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EgremontDeclared for Berkshire County only
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$9K to the Town of Egremont for repairs
2011

Severe Storm and Snowstorm

$10K to the Town of Egremont for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

1 household applied for aid $14K to the Town of Egremont for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$10K to the Town of Egremont for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$11K to the Town of Egremont for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$17K to the Town of Egremont for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$10K to the Town of Egremont for repairs
2003

Snow

$15K to the Town of Egremont for repairs
2001

Snow

$5K to the Town of Egremont for repairs
Berkshire County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.
Around Egremont

Egremont and the towns around it

Sheffield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGreat Barrington: High, mostly inland floodingMount Washington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAlford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNew Marlborough: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSalisbury: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStockbridge: High, mostly inland floodingWest Stockbridge: High, mostly inland floodingMonterey: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEgremont: Moderate, mostly inland flooding EgremontSheffieldGreat BarringtonMount WashingtonAlford
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Great Barringtonmostly inland floodingHigh
Egremontmostly inland floodingModerate
Mount Washingtonmostly inland floodingModerate
Alfordmostly inland floodingModerate
Sheffieldmostly inland floodingModerate
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. Egremont covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Egremont’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Egremont. 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 Egremont total about $864K 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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