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Natural hazards · Rehoboth

Rehoboth, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rehoboth comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1983. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Rehoboth?

31
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rehoboth to be higher than in 31% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding76%Hurricanes11%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Rehoboth faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce 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 Rehoboth flood?

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

11paid claims since 1983
$116Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19832026

Biggest named events

  • March 2010 Nor'easter: 5 claims, $69K
  • Hurricane Sandy: 1 claim, $12K
  • December Storm - Nor'easter: 1 claim, $2K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RehobothDeclared for Bristol County only
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $5K aid approved
2022

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$102K to the Town of Rehoboth for repairs
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$60K to the Town of Rehoboth for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$69K to the Town of Rehoboth for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$67K to the Town of Rehoboth for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$31K to the Town of Rehoboth for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

157 households applied for aid $240K aid approved $208K to the Town of Rehoboth for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $2K to the Town of Rehoboth for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$42K to the Town of Rehoboth for repairs
2003

Snow

$69K to the Town of Rehoboth for repairs
Bristol County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Rehoboth

Rehoboth and the towns around it

Swansea: Very low, mostly inland floodingAttleboro: Low, mostly inland floodingSeekonk: Very low, mostly inland floodingTaunton: Low, mostly inland floodingNorton: Low, mostly inland floodingSomerset: Very low, mostly inland floodingWarren: Very low, mostly inland floodingDighton: Low, mostly inland floodingNorth Attleborough Town: Low, mostly inland floodingPawtucket: Low, mostly inland floodingCentral Falls: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCumberland: Low, mostly inland floodingEast Providence: Very low, mostly inland floodingRaynham: Low, mostly inland floodingBerkley: Low, mostly inland floodingMiddleborough: Low, mostly inland floodingLakeville: Low, mostly inland floodingMansfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingRehoboth: Low, mostly inland flooding RehobothSwanseaAttleboroSeekonkTauntonNorton
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Rehobothmostly inland floodingLow
Tauntonmostly inland floodingLow
Nortonmostly inland floodingLow
Attleboromostly inland floodingLow
Seekonkmostly inland floodingVery low
Swanseamostly 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. Rehoboth covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Rehoboth’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Rehoboth. 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 Rehoboth total about $2.6M 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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