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Natural hazards · Longmeadow

Longmeadow, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Longmeadow comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1979. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Longmeadow?

48
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Longmeadow to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Hurricanes11%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Longmeadow faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 9 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 Longmeadow flood?

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

1paid claims since 1979
$1Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Not a named storm: 1 claim, $1K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Longmeadow isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Hampden County.
Disasters that hit Longmeadow

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LongmeadowDeclared for Hampden County only
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$58K to the Town of Longmeadow for repairs
2011

Severe Storm and Snowstorm

$7.3M to the Town of Longmeadow for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$23K to the Town of Longmeadow for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$29K to the Town of Longmeadow for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

32 households applied for aid $43K aid approved $222K to the Town of Longmeadow for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$29K to the Town of Longmeadow for repairs
2003

Snow

$43K to the Town of Longmeadow for repairs
Hampden County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Longmeadow

Longmeadow and the towns around it

Agawam Town: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEnfield: High, mostly inland floodingSuffield: High, mostly inland floodingEast Longmeadow: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSpringfield: Low, mostly inland floodingWest Springfield Town: Low, mostly inland floodingSouthwick: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWestfield: Very high, mostly inland floodingEast Windsor: Low, mostly inland floodingSomers: Low, mostly inland floodingWindsor Locks: Low, mostly inland floodingEast Granby: Low, mostly inland floodingGranby: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLudlow: Moderate, mostly inland floodingChicopee: Low, mostly inland floodingLongmeadow: Moderate, mostly inland flooding LongmeadowAgawam TownEnfieldSuffieldEast LongmeadowSpringfield
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Suffieldmostly inland floodingHigh
Enfieldmostly inland floodingHigh
Agawam Townmostly inland floodingModerate
Longmeadowmostly inland floodingModerate
East Longmeadowmostly inland floodingModerate
Springfieldmostly 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. Longmeadow covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Longmeadow’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Longmeadow. 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 Longmeadow total about $4.9M 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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