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Natural hazards · Stoughton

Stoughton, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stoughton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 25 claims here since 1979. 13 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Stoughton?

8
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stoughton to be higher than in 8% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding67%Hurricanes14%Earthquakes7%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Stoughton faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 17% 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 53% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Stoughton flood?

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

25paid claims since 1979
$82Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • March 2010 Nor'easter: 6 claims, $25K
  • Not a named storm: 3 claims, $2K
  • 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. Stoughton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Norfolk County.
Disasters that hit Stoughton

13 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StoughtonDeclared for Norfolk County only
2022

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$151K to the Town of Stoughton for repairs
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$220K to the Town of Stoughton for repairs
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$6K to the Town of Stoughton for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$419K to the Town of Stoughton for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$189K to the Town of Stoughton for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$59K to the Town of Stoughton for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$87K to the Town of Stoughton for repairs
2010

Hurricane Earl

$4K to the Town of Stoughton for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

511 households applied for aid $918K aid approved $214K to the Town of Stoughton for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $35K aid approved
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$129K to the Town of Stoughton for repairs
2003

Snow

$219K to the Town of Stoughton for repairs
2001

Snow

$75K to the Town of Stoughton for repairs
Norfolk County has had 31 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.
Around Stoughton

Stoughton and the towns around it

Sharon: Very low, mostly inland floodingCanton: Very low, mostly inland floodingAvon: Very low, mostly inland floodingWalpole: Very low, mostly inland floodingNorwood: Very low, mostly inland floodingFoxborough: Very low, mostly inland floodingDedham: Very low, mostly inland floodingWestwood: Very low, mostly inland floodingHolbrook: Low, mostly inland floodingRandolph Town: Low, mostly inland floodingStoughton: Very low, mostly inland flooding StoughtonSharonCantonAvon
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Cantonmostly inland floodingVery low
Stoughtonmostly inland floodingVery low
Sharonmostly inland floodingVery low
Avonmostly 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. Stoughton covers 7 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Stoughton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Stoughton. 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 Stoughton total about $4.5M 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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