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Natural hazards · Burrillville

Burrillville, RI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Burrillville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1979. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Burrillville?

54
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Burrillville to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Hurricanes6%Heat waves5%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Burrillville faces

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

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Burrillville flood?

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

12paid claims since 1979
$130Kpaid to owners
3homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • March 2010 Nor'easter: 3 claims, $23K
  • December Nor'easter: 1 claim, $12K
  • Not a named storm: 1 claim, $30K

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. Burrillville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Providence County.
Disasters that hit Burrillville

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BurrillvilleDeclared for Providence County only
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $20K aid approved
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $49K aid approved
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid
2022

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$71K to the Town of Burrillville for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$63K to the Town of Burrillville for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$53K to the Town of Burrillville for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$88K to the Town of Burrillville for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $32K to the Town of Burrillville for repairs
2005

Record Snow

$34K to the Town of Burrillville for repairs
2003

Snow

$22K to the Town of Burrillville for repairs
Providence County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and hurricanes.
Around Burrillville

Burrillville and the towns around it

Glocester: Very low, mostly inland floodingThompson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorth Smithfield: Low, mostly inland floodingDouglas: Low, mostly inland floodingFoster: Low, mostly inland floodingSmithfield: Low, mostly inland floodingScituate: Low, mostly inland floodingKillingly: High, mostly inland floodingWoodstock: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPutnam: High, mostly inland floodingLincoln: Low, mostly inland floodingWoonsocket: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCumberland: Low, mostly inland floodingUxbridge: Low, mostly inland floodingSutton: Very low, mostly inland floodingWebster: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOxford: Low, mostly inland floodingBurrillville: Moderate, mostly inland flooding BurrillvilleGlocesterThompsonNorth SmithfieldDouglas
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Thompsonmostly inland floodingModerate
Burrillvillemostly inland floodingModerate
North Smithfieldmostly inland floodingLow
Douglasmostly inland floodingLow
Glocestermostly 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. Burrillville covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Burrillville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Burrillville. 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 Burrillville total about $4.3M 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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