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Natural hazards · Mendon

Mendon, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mendon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Mendon?

22
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mendon to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding52%Hurricanes29%Everything else19%
By hazard

What Mendon faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

29% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% 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

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 Mendon flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Mendon isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Worcester County.
Disasters that hit Mendon

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MendonDeclared for Worcester County only
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$28K to the Town of Mendon for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$28K to the Town of Mendon for repairs
2011

Severe Storm and Snowstorm

$2K to the Town of Mendon for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

$12K to the Town of Mendon for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

39 households applied for aid $49K aid approved
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $157 aid approved $11K to the Town of Mendon for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$24K to the Town of Mendon for repairs
2004

Flooding

1 household applied for aid $367 aid approved
2003

Snow

$36K to the Town of Mendon for repairs
2001

Snow

$15K to the Town of Mendon for repairs
Worcester County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Mendon

Mendon and the towns around it

Bellingham: Very low, mostly inland floodingHopedale: Low, mostly inland floodingUpton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBlackstone: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFranklin Town: Very low, mostly inland floodingMedway: Low, mostly inland floodingMilford: Low, mostly inland floodingWoonsocket: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWrentham: Very low, mostly inland floodingHopkinton: Very low, mostly inland floodingNorthbridge: Low, mostly inland floodingGrafton: Low, mostly inland floodingWestborough: Very low, mostly inland floodingMendon: Low, mostly inland flooding MendonBellinghamHopedaleUpton
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Uptonmostly inland floodingModerate
Hopedalemostly inland floodingLow
Mendonmostly inland floodingLow
Bellinghammostly 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. Mendon covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mendon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Mendon. 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 Mendon total about $1.3M 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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