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Natural hazards · Plympton

Plympton, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Plympton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1978. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Plympton?

23
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Plympton to be higher than in 23% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Hurricanes13%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Plympton faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 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 Plympton flood?

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

4paid claims since 1978
$50Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • December Storm - Nor'easter: 1 claim, $1K
  • The “Halloween” storm: 1 claim, $22K
  • Hurricane Bob: 1 claim, $26K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Plympton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Plymouth County.
Disasters that hit Plympton

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PlymptonDeclared for Plymouth County only
2022

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$27K to the Town of Plympton for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$34K to the Town of Plympton for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$18K to the Town of Plympton for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$4K to the Town of Plympton for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$11K to the Town of Plympton for repairs
2010

Hurricane Earl

$803 to the Town of Plympton for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

27 households applied for aid $79K aid approved $26K to the Town of Plympton for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$18K to the Town of Plympton for repairs
2003

Snow

$25K to the Town of Plympton for repairs
Plymouth County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Plympton

Plympton and the towns around it

Halifax: Low, mostly inland floodingKingston: Very low, mostly inland floodingCarver: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMiddleborough: Low, mostly inland floodingPembroke: Very low, mostly inland floodingBridgewater Town: Low, mostly inland floodingHanson: Very low, mostly inland floodingEast Bridgewater: Low, mostly inland floodingDuxbury: Low, mostly inland floodingPlymouth: Very low, mostly inland floodingWareham: Low, mostly inland floodingLakeville: Low, mostly inland floodingRaynham: Low, mostly inland floodingTaunton: Low, mostly inland floodingRochester: Low, mostly inland floodingNorwell: Very low, mostly inland floodingHanover: Very low, mostly inland floodingMarshfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPlympton: Low, mostly inland flooding PlymptonHalifaxKingstonCarverMiddleboroughPembroke
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Carvermostly inland floodingModerate
Halifaxmostly inland floodingLow
Middleboroughmostly inland floodingLow
Plymptonmostly inland floodingLow
Kingstonmostly 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. Plympton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Plympton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Plympton. 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 Plympton total about $908K 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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