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Natural hazards · Stockbridge

Stockbridge, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stockbridge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 13 claims here since 1979. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Stockbridge?

63
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stockbridge to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding84%Hurricanes6%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Stockbridge faces

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

Inland flooding

84% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Stockbridge flood?

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

13paid claims since 1979
$96Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • April 2007 Nor'easter: 2 claims, $16K
  • Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $10K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Stockbridge 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 Stockbridge

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StockbridgeDeclared for Berkshire County only
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$11K to the Town of Stockbridge for repairs
2011

Severe Storm and Snowstorm

$3K to the Town of Stockbridge for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

6 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $31K to the Town of Stockbridge for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$8K to the Town of Stockbridge for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$7K to the Town of Stockbridge for repairs
2003

Snow

$12K to the Town of Stockbridge for repairs
Berkshire County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.
Around Stockbridge

Stockbridge and the towns around it

Lenox: Very low, mostly inland floodingWest Stockbridge: High, mostly inland floodingGreat Barrington: High, mostly inland floodingLee: High, mostly inland floodingRichmond: Low, mostly inland floodingWashington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAlford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEgremont: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMonterey: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTyringham: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBecket: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStockbridge: High, mostly inland flooding StockbridgeLenoxWest StockbridgeGreat BarringtonLee
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Leemostly inland floodingHigh
West Stockbridgemostly inland floodingHigh
Great Barringtonmostly inland floodingHigh
Stockbridgemostly inland floodingHigh
Lenoxmostly 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. Stockbridge covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Stockbridge’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Stockbridge. 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 Stockbridge total about $1.4M 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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