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Natural hazards · Sandisfield

Sandisfield, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sandisfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2011. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Sandisfield?

53
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sandisfield to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Hurricanes9%Cold waves7%Everything else13%
By hazard

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

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% 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 Sandisfield flood?

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

3paid claims since 2011
$14Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20112026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 3 claims, $14K
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Sandisfield 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 Sandisfield

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SandisfieldDeclared for Berkshire County only
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$18K to the Town of Sandisfield for repairs
2011

Severe Storm and Snowstorm

$13K to the Town of Sandisfield for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

12 households applied for aid $12K aid approved $158K to the Town of Sandisfield for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$18K to the Town of Sandisfield for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$162K to the Town of Sandisfield for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$147K to the Town of Sandisfield for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$26K to the Town of Sandisfield for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$21K to the Town of Sandisfield for repairs
2003

Snow

$21K to the Town of Sandisfield for repairs
2001

Snow

$7K to the Town of Sandisfield for repairs
Berkshire County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.
Around Sandisfield

Sandisfield and the towns around it

Tolland: High, mostly inland floodingOtis: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMonterey: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNew Marlborough: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGranville: High, mostly inland floodingBlandford: High, mostly inland floodingBecket: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTyringham: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGreat Barrington: High, mostly inland floodingSheffield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSandisfield: Moderate, mostly inland flooding SandisfieldTollandOtisMontereyNew Marlborough
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Tollandmostly inland floodingHigh
New Marlboroughmostly inland floodingModerate
Sandisfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Otismostly inland floodingModerate
Montereymostly 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. Sandisfield covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sandisfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Sandisfield. 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 Sandisfield total about $737K 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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