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Natural hazards · Huntington

Huntington, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Huntington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1980. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Huntington?

84
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Huntington to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding87%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Huntington faces

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

Inland flooding

87% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Huntington flood?

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

10paid claims since 1980
$101Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19802026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 7 claims, $94K
  • April 2007 Nor'easter: 1 claim, $6K
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Huntington isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Hampshire County.
Disasters that hit Huntington

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HuntingtonDeclared for Hampshire County only
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$16K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2011

Severe Storm and Snowstorm

$18K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$109K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$11K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$34K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$57K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $7K aid approved $8K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$9K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2003

Snow

$17K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2001

Snow

$6K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
Hampshire County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.
Around Huntington

Huntington and the towns around it

Chesterfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMontgomery: High, mostly inland floodingChester: High, mostly inland floodingBlandford: High, mostly inland floodingSouthampton: Low, mostly inland floodingRussell: High, mostly inland floodingWorthington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGoshen: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWilliamsburg: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWestfield: Very high, mostly inland floodingMiddlefield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBecket: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTolland: High, mostly inland floodingGranville: High, mostly inland floodingEasthampton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHolyoke: Low, mostly inland floodingWesthampton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPeru: Low, mostly inland floodingCummington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHuntington: Very high, mostly inland flooding HuntingtonChesterfieldMontgomeryChesterBlandfordSouthamptonRussellWorthington
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Huntingtonmostly inland floodingVery high
Chestermostly inland floodingHigh
Blandfordmostly inland floodingHigh
Montgomerymostly inland floodingHigh
Russellmostly inland floodingHigh
Chesterfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Worthingtonmostly inland floodingModerate
Southamptonmostly 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. Huntington covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Huntington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Huntington. 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 Huntington total about $1.3M 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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