Natural hazards · Tiverton

Tiverton, RI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tiverton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 58 claims here since 1978. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tiverton?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding69%Hurricanes13%Coastal flooding5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Tiverton faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years 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

Coastal flooding

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Tiverton flood?

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

58paid claims since 1978

$516Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Bob: 29 claims, $279K
Hurricane Sandy: 5 claims, $145K
March 2010 Nor'easter: 3 claims, $15K

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

Insurance rates: Newport County.

Disasters that hit Tiverton

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TivertonDeclared for Newport County only

2022

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$54K to the Town of Tiverton for repairs

2015

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$52K to the Town of Tiverton for repairs

2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$66K to the Town of Tiverton for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

9 households applied for aid $10K aid approved $64K to the Town of Tiverton for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$51K to the Town of Tiverton for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

265 households applied for aid $243K aid approved $87K to the Town of Tiverton for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$2K to the Town of Tiverton for repairs

2005

Record Snow

$39K to the Town of Tiverton for repairs

Newport County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Tiverton

Tiverton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fall Rivermostly inland floodingLow

Westportmostly inland floodingVery low

Tivertonmostly inland floodingVery low

Little Comptonmostly inland floodingVery low

Portsmouthmostly inland floodingVery low

Bristolmostly 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. Tiverton covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Tiverton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Tiverton. 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 Tiverton total about $3.0M 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.