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Natural hazards · Coventry

Coventry, RI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Coventry comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 67 claims here since 1979. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Coventry?

26
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Coventry to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Hurricanes9%Everything else17%
By hazard

What Coventry faces

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

Inland flooding

74% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% 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 Coventry flood?

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

67paid claims since 1979
$1.3Mpaid to owners
7homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • March 2010 Nor'easter: 41 claims, $1.1M
  • Not a named storm: 2 claims, $1K
  • December Nor'easter: 1 claim, $2K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Coventry isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Kent County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
1homes raised above flood level
Disasters that hit Coventry

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CoventryDeclared for Kent County only
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

330 households applied for aid $1.4M aid approved $89K to the Town of Coventry for repairs
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

119 households applied for aid $391K aid approved
2022

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$101K to the Town of Coventry for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$177K to the Town of Coventry for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$109K to the Town of Coventry for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$76K to the Town of Coventry for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$181K to the Town of Coventry for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

1,778 households applied for aid $3.3M aid approved $552K to the Town of Coventry for repairs
2005

Record Snow

$68K to the Town of Coventry for repairs
Kent County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.
Around Coventry

Coventry and the towns around it

West Greenwich: Very low, mostly inland floodingWest Warwick: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSterling: High, mostly inland floodingScituate: Low, mostly inland floodingFoster: Low, mostly inland floodingCranston: Moderate, mostly inland floodingExeter: Very low, mostly inland floodingEast Greenwich: Low, mostly inland floodingVoluntown: Low, mostly inland floodingWarwick: Low, mostly inland floodingPlainfield: High, mostly inland floodingJohnston: Low, mostly inland floodingGlocester: Very low, mostly inland floodingKillingly: High, mostly inland floodingProvidence: Low, mostly inland floodingEast Providence: Very low, mostly inland floodingCoventry: Low, mostly inland flooding CoventryWest GreenwichWest WarwickSterlingScituateFosterCranston
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Sterlingmostly inland floodingHigh
Cranstonmostly inland floodingModerate
West Warwickmostly inland floodingModerate
Coventrymostly inland floodingLow
Scituatemostly inland floodingLow
Fostermostly inland floodingLow
West Greenwichmostly 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. Coventry covers 7 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Coventry’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Coventry. 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 Coventry total about $5.9M 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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