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Natural hazards · New Ashford

New Ashford, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Ashford comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is New Ashford?

35
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Ashford to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Hurricanes9%Cold waves6%Everything else12%
By hazard

What New Ashford 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 57% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 New Ashford flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. New Ashford 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 New Ashford

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New AshfordDeclared for Berkshire County only
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$2K to the Town of New Ashford for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$19K to the Town of New Ashford for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$3K to the Town of New Ashford for repairs
2003

Snow

$4K to the Town of New Ashford for repairs
2001

Snow

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

New Ashford and the towns around it

Cheshire: High, mostly inland floodingHancock: Low, mostly inland floodingLanesborough: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAdams: Very high, mostly inland floodingWindsor: Low, mostly inland floodingSavoy: Low, mostly inland floodingDalton: High, mostly inland floodingPittsfield: High, mostly inland floodingRichmond: Low, mostly inland floodingNorth Adams: Very high, mostly inland floodingWilliamstown: High, mostly inland floodingNew Ashford: Low, mostly inland flooding New AshfordCheshireHancockLanesboroughAdams
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Adamsmostly inland floodingVery high
Cheshiremostly inland floodingHigh
Lanesboroughmostly inland floodingModerate
New Ashfordmostly inland floodingLow
Hancockmostly 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. New Ashford 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 New Ashford’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of New Ashford. 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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