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Natural hazards · Halifax

Halifax, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Halifax comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1982. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Halifax?

30
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Halifax to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding69%Hurricanes12%Everything else19%
By hazard

What Halifax 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 52% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 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

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Halifax flood?

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

4paid claims since 1982
$9Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19822026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Halifax isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Plymouth County.
Disasters that hit Halifax

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HalifaxDeclared for Plymouth County only
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$88K to the Town of Halifax for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$37K to the Town of Halifax for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$34K to the Town of Halifax for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$16K to the Town of Halifax for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$32K to the Town of Halifax for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

124 households applied for aid $245K aid approved $46K to the Town of Halifax for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$47K to the Town of Halifax for repairs
2003

Snow

$57K to the Town of Halifax for repairs
Plymouth County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Halifax

Halifax and the towns around it

Pembroke: Very low, mostly inland floodingBridgewater Town: Low, mostly inland floodingPlympton: Low, mostly inland floodingHanson: Very low, mostly inland floodingEast Bridgewater: Low, mostly inland floodingMiddleborough: Low, mostly inland floodingDuxbury: Low, mostly inland floodingNorwell: Very low, mostly inland floodingHanover: Very low, mostly inland floodingMarshfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingKingston: Very low, mostly inland floodingRaynham: Low, mostly inland floodingWest Bridgewater: Very low, mostly inland floodingCarver: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWhitman: Low, mostly inland floodingBrockton: Low, mostly inland floodingLakeville: Low, mostly inland floodingTaunton: Low, mostly inland floodingRochester: Low, mostly inland floodingWareham: Low, mostly inland floodingHalifax: Low, mostly inland flooding HalifaxPembrokeBridgewater TownPlymptonHansonEast BridgewaterMiddleborough
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
East Bridgewatermostly inland floodingLow
Halifaxmostly inland floodingLow
Middleboroughmostly inland floodingLow
Bridgewater Townmostly inland floodingLow
Plymptonmostly inland floodingLow
Hansonmostly inland floodingVery low
Pembrokemostly 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. Halifax covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Halifax’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Halifax. 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 Halifax 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.

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