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Natural hazards · West Bridgewater

West Bridgewater, MA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in West Bridgewater comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1978. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is West Bridgewater?

17
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in West Bridgewater to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding67%Hurricanes13%Earthquakes9%Everything else11%
By hazard

What West Bridgewater 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
Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 West Bridgewater flood?

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

2paid claims since 1978
$2Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • December Storm - Nor'easter: 1 claim, $1K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. West Bridgewater isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Plymouth County.
Disasters that hit West Bridgewater

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into West BridgewaterDeclared for Plymouth County only
2022

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$77K to the Town of West Bridgewater for repairs
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$32K to the Town of West Bridgewater for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$61K to the Town of West Bridgewater for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$12K to the Town of West Bridgewater for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$18K to the Town of West Bridgewater for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$68K to the Town of West Bridgewater for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

105 households applied for aid $263K aid approved $27K to the Town of West Bridgewater for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $12K aid approved
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$60K to the Town of West Bridgewater for repairs
2003

Snow

$67K to the Town of West Bridgewater for repairs
Plymouth County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.
Around West Bridgewater

West Bridgewater and the towns around it

Bridgewater Town: Low, mostly inland floodingBrockton: Low, mostly inland floodingMiddleborough: Low, mostly inland floodingEast Bridgewater: Low, mostly inland floodingHalifax: Low, mostly inland floodingRaynham: Low, mostly inland floodingAbington: Low, mostly inland floodingWhitman: Low, mostly inland floodingEaston: Low, mostly inland floodingWest Bridgewater: Very low, mostly inland flooding West BridgewaterBridgewater TownBrockton
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Bridgewater Townmostly inland floodingLow
Brocktonmostly inland floodingLow
West Bridgewatermostly 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. West Bridgewater covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to West Bridgewater’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of West Bridgewater. 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 West Bridgewater total about $2.0M 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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