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Natural hazards · Lakeville

Lakeville, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lakeville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 32 claims here since 1978. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Lakeville?

23
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lakeville to be higher than in 23% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Hurricanes12%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Lakeville 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
Below average · higher than 43% 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 Lakeville flood?

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

32paid claims since 1978
$682Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • March 2010 Nor'easter: 21 claims, $629K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Lakeville 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 Lakeville

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LakevilleDeclared for Plymouth County only
2022

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$76K to the Town of Lakeville for repairs
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$42K to the Town of Lakeville for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$53K to the Town of Lakeville for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$5K to the Town of Lakeville for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$15K to the Town of Lakeville for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$22K to the Town of Lakeville for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

506 households applied for aid $1.3M aid approved $98K to the Town of Lakeville for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$41K to the Town of Lakeville for repairs
2003

Snow

$64K to the Town of Lakeville for repairs
Plymouth County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Lakeville

Lakeville and the towns around it

Middleborough: Low, mostly inland floodingTaunton: Low, mostly inland floodingFreetown: Low, mostly inland floodingCarver: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBridgewater Town: Low, mostly inland floodingRaynham: Low, mostly inland floodingRochester: Low, mostly inland floodingPlympton: Low, mostly inland floodingHalifax: Low, mostly inland floodingWareham: Low, mostly inland floodingDighton: Low, mostly inland floodingBerkley: Low, mostly inland floodingNorton: Low, mostly inland floodingRehoboth: Low, mostly inland floodingAcushnet: Very low, mostly inland floodingFall River: Low, mostly inland floodingSomerset: Very low, mostly inland floodingLakeville: Low, mostly inland flooding LakevilleMiddleboroughTauntonFreetown
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Tauntonmostly inland floodingLow
Middleboroughmostly inland floodingLow
Freetownmostly inland floodingLow
Lakevillemostly 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. Lakeville covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lakeville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lakeville. 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 Lakeville total about $2.7M 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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