Natural hazards · Tyringham

Tyringham, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tyringham comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tyringham?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding76%Hurricanes7%Cold waves6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Tyringham 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

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Cold waves

6% 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 Tyringham flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Tyringham.

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Tyringham 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 Tyringham

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TyringhamDeclared for Berkshire County only

2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$5K to the Town of Tyringham for repairs

2011

Severe Storm and Snowstorm

$7K to the Town of Tyringham for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

2 households applied for aid $681 aid approved $46K to the Town of Tyringham for repairs

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$9K to the Town of Tyringham for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$7K to the Town of Tyringham for repairs

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $53K to the Town of Tyringham for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$8K to the Town of Tyringham for repairs

2003

Snow

$14K to the Town of Tyringham for repairs

2001

Snow

$5K to the Town of Tyringham for repairs

Berkshire County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Tyringham

Tyringham and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Leemostly inland floodingHigh

Tyringhammostly inland floodingModerate

Montereymostly inland floodingModerate

Otismostly inland floodingModerate

Becketmostly 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. Tyringham is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Tyringham’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Tyringham. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.