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Natural hazards · Mount Washington

Mount Washington, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mount Washington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Mount Washington?

46
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding74%Hurricanes10%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Mount Washington faces

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

Inland flooding

74% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Mount Washington flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Mount Washington 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 Mount Washington

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Mount WashingtonDeclared for Berkshire County only
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$9K to the Town of Mount Washington for repairs
2011

Severe Storm and Snowstorm

$9K to the Town of Mount Washington for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$32K to the Town of Mount Washington for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$6K to the Town of Mount Washington for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$17K to the Town of Mount Washington for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$6K to the Town of Mount Washington for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$17K to the Town of Mount Washington for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$5K to the Town of Mount Washington for repairs
2003

Snow

$9K to the Town of Mount Washington for repairs
2001

Snow

$3K to the Town of Mount Washington for repairs
Berkshire County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.
Around Mount Washington

Mount Washington and the towns around it

Sheffield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEgremont: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSalisbury: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNew Marlborough: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGreat Barrington: High, mostly inland floodingAlford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCanaan: High, mostly inland floodingNorth Canaan: High, mostly inland floodingSharon: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorth East: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMount Washington: Moderate, mostly inland flooding Mount WashingtonSheffieldEgremontSalisbury
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Salisburymostly inland floodingModerate
Mount Washingtonmostly inland floodingModerate
Egremontmostly inland floodingModerate
Sheffieldmostly 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. Mount Washington 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 Mount Washington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Mount Washington. 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.

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