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Kingston, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kingston comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1978. 12 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Kingston?

14
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kingston to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding60%Hurricanes13%Coastal flooding9%Everything else18%
By hazard

What Kingston faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Coastal flooding

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Kingston flood?

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

11paid claims since 1978
$310Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • The “Halloween” storm: 1 claim, $6K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Kingston 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 Kingston

12 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KingstonDeclared for Plymouth County only
2022

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$105K to the Town of Kingston for repairs
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$33K to the Town of Kingston for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$198K to the Town of Kingston for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$26K to the Town of Kingston for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$26K to the Town of Kingston for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$86K to the Town of Kingston for repairs
2010

Hurricane Earl

$6K to the Town of Kingston for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

106 households applied for aid $115K aid approved $11K to the Town of Kingston for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$5K to the Town of Kingston for repairs
2005

Hurricane Katrina Evacuation

$8K to the Town of Kingston for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$85K to the Town of Kingston for repairs
2003

Snow

$110K to the Town of Kingston for repairs
Plymouth County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Kingston

Kingston and the towns around it

Duxbury: Low, mostly inland floodingPlymouth: Very low, mostly inland floodingPlympton: Low, mostly inland floodingPembroke: Very low, mostly inland floodingMarshfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCarver: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWareham: Low, mostly inland floodingBourne: Low, mostly inland floodingHalifax: Low, mostly inland floodingMiddleborough: Low, mostly inland floodingNorwell: Very low, mostly inland floodingHanover: Very low, mostly inland floodingHanson: Very low, mostly inland floodingKingston: Very low, mostly inland flooding KingstonDuxburyPlymouthPlymptonPembroke
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Duxburymostly inland floodingLow
Plymptonmostly inland floodingLow
Kingstonmostly inland floodingVery low
Plymouthmostly 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. Kingston covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Kingston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Kingston. 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 Kingston total about $2.3M 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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