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Natural hazards · Marshfield

Marshfield, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marshfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1,466 claims here since 1978. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Marshfield?

55
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marshfield to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and coastal flooding.

Inland flooding43%Coastal flooding41%Hurricanes7%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Marshfield faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

41% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

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 Marshfield flood?

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

1,466paid claims since 1978
$23.7Mpaid to owners
186homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • The “Halloween” storm: 400 claims, $8.8M
  • December Storm - Nor'easter: 145 claims, $1.3M
  • Not a named storm: 31 claims, $38K

Homes that flooded again and again

Each house = 4 homes. ■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (44) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
🏷️ 15% off flood insurance. Marshfield is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 7) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: Plymouth County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

19buildings floodproofed
5homes raised above flood level
1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Marshfield

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarshfieldDeclared for Plymouth County only
2022

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$249K to the Town of Marshfield for repairs
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$1.7M to the Town of Marshfield for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$1.2M to the Town of Marshfield for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$1.1M to the Town of Marshfield for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$98K to the Town of Marshfield for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$108K to the Town of Marshfield for repairs
2010

Hurricane Earl

$13K to the Town of Marshfield for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

71 households applied for aid $82K aid approved $39K to the Town of Marshfield for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$121K to the Town of Marshfield for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$134K to the Town of Marshfield for repairs
2003

Snow

$135K to the Town of Marshfield for repairs
Plymouth County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Marshfield

Marshfield and the towns around it

Scituate: Low, mostly inland floodingNorwell: Very low, mostly inland floodingDuxbury: Low, mostly inland floodingPembroke: Very low, mostly inland floodingCohasset: Low, mostly inland floodingHingham: Low, mostly inland floodingHanover: Very low, mostly inland floodingRockland: Very low, mostly inland floodingPlymouth: Very low, mostly inland floodingKingston: Very low, mostly inland floodingHanson: Very low, mostly inland floodingHalifax: Low, mostly inland floodingPlympton: Low, mostly inland floodingMarshfield: Moderate, mostly inland flooding MarshfieldScituateNorwellDuxburyPembroke
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Marshfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Duxburymostly inland floodingLow
Scituatemostly inland floodingLow
Norwellmostly 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. Marshfield covers 7 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Marshfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Marshfield. 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 Marshfield total about $8.3M 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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