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Natural hazards · Seekonk

Seekonk, MA natural hazards

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

12
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Seekonk to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding68%Hurricanes14%Earthquakes7%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Seekonk faces

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

Inland flooding

68% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Seekonk flood?

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

11paid claims since 1983
$142Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19832026

Biggest named events

  • March 2010 Nor'easter: 5 claims, $68K
  • Hurricane Bob: 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. Seekonk 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 Seekonk

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SeekonkDeclared for Bristol County only
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $23K aid approved
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$75K to the Town of Seekonk for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$25K to the Town of Seekonk for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$8K to the Town of Seekonk for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$71K to the Town of Seekonk for repairs
2010

Hurricane Earl

$3K to the Town of Seekonk for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

419 households applied for aid $653K aid approved $146K to the Town of Seekonk for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $1K to the Town of Seekonk for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$30K to the Town of Seekonk for repairs
2003

Snow

$34K to the Town of Seekonk for repairs
Bristol County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around Seekonk

Seekonk and the towns around it

East Providence: Very low, mostly inland floodingPawtucket: Low, mostly inland floodingRehoboth: Low, mostly inland floodingAttleboro: Low, mostly inland floodingSwansea: Very low, mostly inland floodingProvidence: Low, mostly inland floodingBarrington: Low, mostly inland floodingWarwick: Low, mostly inland floodingCranston: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCentral Falls: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorth Providence: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTaunton: Low, mostly inland floodingNorton: Low, mostly inland floodingNorth Attleborough Town: Low, mostly inland floodingCumberland: Low, mostly inland floodingSomerset: Very low, mostly inland floodingWarren: Very low, mostly inland floodingDighton: Low, mostly inland floodingSeekonk: Very low, mostly inland flooding SeekonkEast ProvidencePawtucketRehobothAttleboroSwansea
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Rehobothmostly inland floodingLow
Pawtucketmostly inland floodingLow
Attleboromostly inland floodingLow
East Providencemostly inland floodingVery low
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. Seekonk covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Seekonk’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Seekonk. 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 Seekonk total about $2.4M 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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