Natural hazards · Uxbridge

Uxbridge, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Uxbridge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1979. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Uxbridge?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Uxbridge to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding57%Hurricanes25%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Uxbridge faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Uxbridge flood?

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

17paid claims since 1979

$459Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Not a named storm: 4 claims, $219K

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. Uxbridge isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Worcester County.

Disasters that hit Uxbridge

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into UxbridgeDeclared for Worcester County only

2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $16K aid approved

2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$81K to the Town of Uxbridge for repairs

2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$136K to the Town of Uxbridge for repairs

2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$67K to the Town of Uxbridge for repairs

2011

Hurricane Irene

$22K to the Town of Uxbridge for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

61 households applied for aid $89K aid approved $44K to the Town of Uxbridge for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Uxbridge for repairs

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $24K aid approved $30K to the Town of Uxbridge for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$53K to the Town of Uxbridge for repairs

2003

Snow

$99K to the Town of Uxbridge for repairs

2001

Snow

$46K to the Town of Uxbridge for repairs

Worcester County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Uxbridge

Uxbridge and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Millvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Uxbridgemostly inland floodingLow

Douglasmostly inland floodingLow

Northbridgemostly inland floodingLow

Suttonmostly 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. Uxbridge covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Uxbridge’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Uxbridge. 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 Uxbridge total about $3.2M 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.