Natural hazards · Lenox

Lenox, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lenox comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 2008. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lenox?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lenox to be higher than in 11% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Hurricanes13%Cold waves7%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Lenox faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 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 13 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Lenox flood?

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

9paid claims since 2008

$141Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

20082026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Lenox 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 Lenox

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LenoxDeclared for Berkshire County only

2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$18K to the Town of Lenox for repairs

2011

Severe Storm and Snowstorm

$13K to the Town of Lenox for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

4 households applied for aid $12K aid approved $8K to the Town of Lenox for repairs

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$14K to the Town of Lenox for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$9K to the Town of Lenox for repairs

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved $7K to the Town of Lenox for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$20K to the Town of Lenox for repairs

2003

Snow

$30K to the Town of Lenox for repairs

2001

Snow

$12K to the Town of Lenox for repairs

Berkshire County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Lenox

Lenox and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Leemostly inland floodingHigh

Stockbridgemostly inland floodingHigh

Washingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Richmondmostly inland floodingLow

Lenoxmostly 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. Lenox covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lenox’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lenox. 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 Lenox 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.