Natural hazards · Leyden

Leyden, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Leyden comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Leyden?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Leyden to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Cold waves9%Hurricanes7%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Leyden faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Leyden flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Leyden.

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Leyden isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Franklin County.

Disasters that hit Leyden

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LeydenDeclared for Franklin County only

2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$9K to the Town of Leyden for repairs

2011

Severe Storm and Snowstorm

$5K to the Town of Leyden for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $20K to the Town of Leyden for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$43K to the Town of Leyden for repairs

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$37K to the Town of Leyden for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$7K to the Town of Leyden for repairs

2003

Snow

$10K to the Town of Leyden for repairs

2001

Snow

$8K to the Town of Leyden for repairs

Franklin County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Leyden

Leyden and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Colrainmostly inland floodingHigh

Leydenmostly inland floodingModerate

Bernardstonmostly inland floodingModerate

Guilfordmostly inland floodingModerate

Greenfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Leyden is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Leyden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Leyden. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.