Summary
Plan status as of 2026-09-30: No county-level plan row in FEMA data.
Highest expected annual loss (FEMA National Risk Index, modeled total; see B1-a): Inland Flooding ($41,411,967 a year), Hurricane ($3,194,835) and Cold Wave ($2,398,945).
The tables that follow are organized by the items of FEMA's Local Mitigation Plan Review Tool, Element B (B1-a to B2-c); each heading says which item its tables support.
Plan clock
No county-level plan row in FEMA data
What changed since your last plan
Not available. No county-level plan row in FEMA data, so there is no approval date to count from.
Sources: 1, 2, 4, 6 (numbered list at the end)
Plan status for every jurisdiction listed in this county: 31 rows, in the section "Plan clock: Plan status for every jurisdiction listed in this county" on the following pages.
State plan status and tribal plans in this state: see the state page.
Plan clock
Plan status for every jurisdiction listed in this county
Source: 1
| Jurisdiction | Type | Status | Plan | Approved | Expires | Days to expirynegative = days since expiry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Adams city | City | Expired on 2026-01-21 | North Adams Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Plan (FEMA plan 106509) | 2021-01-22 | 2026-01-21 | -252 |
| Pittsfield city | City | Approved, expires 2030-11-18 | City of Pittsfield, MA Hazard Mitigation Plan Update (FEMA plan 111034) | 2025-11-19 | 2030-11-18 | 1,510 |
| Adams town | Town | Approved, expires 2029-09-23 | Town of Adams, MA Hazard Mitigation Plan Update April 2024 (FEMA plan 109889) | 2024-09-24 | 2029-09-23 | 1,089 |
| Becket town | Town | Expired on 2025-10-07 | Hazard Mitigation Plan May 2020 Town of Becket, Massachusetts (FEMA plan 106803) | 2020-10-08 | 2025-10-07 | -358 |
| Cheshire town | Town | Approved, expires 2030-05-05 | Town of Cheshire, MA Draft Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Plan (FEMA plan 109558) | 2025-05-06 | 2030-05-05 | 1,313 |
| Clarksburg town | Town | Approved, expires 2026-12-07 | Town of Clarksburg Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Plan (FEMA plan 107805) | 2021-12-08 | 2026-12-07 | 68 |
| Dalton town | Town | Approved, expires 2029-08-27 | Town of Dalton, MA Hazard Mitigation Plan Update April 2024 (FEMA plan 109843) | 2024-08-28 | 2029-08-27 | 1,062 |
| Egremont town | Town | Approved, expires 2028-02-22 | Town of Egremont 2022 Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) - Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) (FEMA plan 108452) | 2023-02-23 | 2028-02-22 | 510 |
| Florida town | Town | Approved, expires 2031-07-12 | Town of Florida Hazard Mitigation and Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Plan (FEMA plan 111084) | 2026-07-13 | 2031-07-12 | 1,746 |
| Great Barrington town | Town | Expired on 2026-01-12 | Great Barrington Hazard Mitigation & Climate Adaptation Plan (FEMA plan 106952) | 2021-01-13 | 2026-01-12 | -261 |
| Hancock town | Town | Approved, expires 2031-04-05 | Town of Hancock Ma Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Plan (FEMA plan 111238) | 2026-04-06 | 2031-04-05 | 1,648 |
| Hinsdale town | Town | Approved, expires 2029-08-21 | Town of Hinsdale, MA Hazard Mitigation Plan Update April 2024 (FEMA plan 109888) | 2024-08-22 | 2029-08-21 | 1,056 |
| Lanesborough town | Town | Expired on 2024-03-27 | Lanesborough Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan Update 2019 (FEMA plan 105623) | 2019-03-28 | 2024-03-27 | -917 |
| Lee town | Town | Approved, expires 2031-03-31 | Town of Lee, MA Hazard Mitigation and Climate adaptation Plan (FEMA plan 111237) | 2026-04-01 | 2031-03-31 | 1,643 |
| Lenox town | Town | Approved, expires 2028-04-16 | Town of Lenox Hazard Mitigation & Climate Adaptation Plan (FEMA plan 108308) | 2023-04-17 | 2028-04-16 | 564 |
| Monterey town | Town | Expired on 2025-12-14 | Monterey Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Plan (FEMA plan 106510) | 2020-12-15 | 2025-12-14 | -290 |
| Mount Washington town | Town | Approved, expires 2028-04-03 | Town of Mount Washington Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Plan (FEMA plan 108761) | 2023-04-04 | 2028-04-03 | 551 |
| New Ashford town | Town | Approved, expires 2028-04-16 | Town of New Ashford Hazard Mitigation Plan and Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Report (FEMA plan 108920) | 2023-04-17 | 2028-04-16 | 564 |
| New Marlborough town | Town | Expired on 2026-03-23 | New Marlborough Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Plan (FEMA plan 107213) | 2021-03-24 | 2026-03-23 | -191 |
| Otis town | Town | Approved, expires 2027-06-15 | Town of Otis Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Plan (FEMA plan 108216) | 2022-06-16 | 2027-06-15 | 258 |
| Peru town | Town | Approved, expires 2027-01-06 | Town of Peru Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Plan (FEMA plan 107773) | 2022-01-07 | 2027-01-06 | 98 |
| Richmond town | Town | Expired on 2026-06-28 | Town of Richmond 2021 Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) - Hazard Mitigation Plan (HMP) (FEMA plan 107534) | 2021-06-29 | 2026-06-28 | -94 |
| Sandisfield town | Town | Expired on 2018-02-26 | Berkshire County Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 10284) | 2013-02-26 | 2018-02-26 | -3,138 |
| Savoy town | Town | Expired on 2026-07-14 | Town of Savoy, MA Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 107566) | 2021-07-15 | 2026-07-14 | -78 |
| Sheffield town | Town | Expired on 2024-04-11 | Town of Sheffield Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 105526) | 2019-04-12 | 2024-04-11 | -902 |
| Stockbridge town | Town | Expired on 2026-03-08 | Town of Stockbridge Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Plan (FEMA plan 107029) | 2021-03-09 | 2026-03-08 | -206 |
| Tyringham town | Town | Expired on 2026-06-23 | Town of Tyringham Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan Update (FEMA plan 107501) | 2021-06-24 | 2026-06-23 | -99 |
| Washington town | Town | Expired on 2024-07-01 | Washington Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 105749) | 2019-07-02 | 2024-07-01 | -821 |
| West Stockbridge town | Town | Approved, expires 2027-01-26 | Town of West Stockbridge Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 107909) | 2022-01-27 | 2027-01-26 | 118 |
| Williamstown town | Town | Approved, expires 2030-11-12 | Town of Williamstown, MA Hazard Mitigation Plan Update March 2025 (FEMA plan 110866) | 2025-11-13 | 2030-11-12 | 1,504 |
| Windsor town | Town | Approved, expires 2026-10-06 | Windsor Hazard Mitigation & Climate Adaptation Plan (FEMA plan 106618) | 2021-10-07 | 2026-10-06 | 6 |
Supports FEMA checklist item B1-a: hazard identification
Hazards NRI does not cover (local data needed)
- dam failure (incl. upstream dams)
- levee failure
- flash flood as its own subtype
- ice jams
- debris flows
- erosion (riverine and coastal)
- land subsidence and sinkholes
- expansive soils
The 18 National Risk Index hazards, ranked by expected annual loss (EAL)
Sources: 5, 6
| Rank by EAL | Hazard | NRI risk rating | EAL rating | EAL buildingsmodeled dollars per year | EAL agriculturemodeled dollars per year | Cost of expected deaths and injuriesFEMA's dollar value per year, not property damage | EAL total (see note)modeled dollars per year | Storm Events records, 1996 to 2026-06-30count | Storm Events coverage note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inland Flooding | Relatively Moderate | Relatively Moderate | $41,176,893 | $597 | $234,477 | $41,411,967 | 150 | |
| 2 | Hurricane | Relatively Moderate | Relatively Moderate | $2,996,406 | $86,494 | $111,935 | $3,194,835 | 2 | |
| 3 | Cold Wave | Relatively Moderate | Relatively Moderate | $537 | $11,613 | $2,386,795 | $2,398,945 | 75 | Includes 17 Frost/Freeze records (outside NRI's Cold Wave definition; counted in this table and in B1-d, not in the B1-e descriptor). |
| 4 | Strong Wind | Relatively Moderate | Relatively Moderate | $87,541 | $9,231 | $1,193,205 | $1,289,977 | 664 | Includes 49 High Wind and 71 Strong Wind records (NOAA non-thunderstorm wind types, outside NRI's Strong Wind definition). |
| 5 | Tornado | Relatively Low | Relatively Low | $959,495 | $662 | $226,434 | $1,186,591 | 8 | |
| 6 | Earthquake | Relatively Low | Relatively Low | $747,338 | n/a | $173,537 | $920,874 | Storm Events does not record earthquakes. | |
| 7 | Lightning | Relatively Moderate | Relatively Moderate | $38,595 | n/a | $430,524 | $469,119 | 16 | |
| 8 | Ice Storm | Relatively Moderate | Relatively Moderate | $276,162 | n/a | $16,931 | $293,093 | 3 | |
| 9 | Hail | Relatively Low | Relatively Low | $15,906 | $27,097 | $248,377 | $291,380 | 139 | |
| 10 | Heat Wave | Very Low | Very Low | under $1 | $1,416 | $175,151 | $176,567 | 24 | |
| 11 | Winter Weather | Relatively Low | Relatively Moderate | $44,457 | $5 | $41,552 | $86,014 | 260 | |
| 12 | Landslide | Relatively Low | Relatively Low | $17,849 | n/a | $4,624 | $22,473 | 1 | |
| 13 | Wildfire | Very Low | Very Low | $9,460 | $2 | $1,276 | $10,739 | 5 | |
| 14 | Drought | Very Low | Very Low | n/a | $6,682 | n/a | $6,682 | 7 | |
| 15 | Avalanche | Very Low | Very Low | under $1 | n/a | $2,842 | $2,842 | 0 | No recorded events in Storm Events since 1996 (data through 2026-06-30). |
| Coastal Flooding | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | 0 | Declared 1 time; no Storm Events record of this type. |
Total = buildings + agriculture + population equivalence; FEMA values each expected death (or 10 injuries) at $13.7 million (2024 dollars).
NRI risk rating combines expected annual loss with social vulnerability and community resilience; EAL rating rates expected annual loss alone. Both compare this county with all U.S. counties.
Not applicable to this county per NRI, with no federal declaration and no Storm Events record since 1996: tsunami and volcanic activity. That is the evidence for leaving them out of the plan.
The state hazard mitigation plan also lists hazards for this county; FEMA asks the plan to explain any hazard it leaves out.
Supports FEMA checklist item B1-b: hazard location
Affects the whole county (national data give no location within it): Cold Wave, Drought, Hail, Heat Wave, Ice Storm, Lightning, Strong Wind and Winter Weather.
Inland Flooding: The FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) is the required location source for flooding. See the FEMA Flood Map Service Center (https://msc.fema.gov) for this county.
Hazards that vary within the county: highest-rated census tracts
Source: 5
| Hazard | Highest-rated census tractsNRI risk rating, score 0 to 100 |
|---|---|
| Avalanche | tract 9215 (Very Low, 59.2); tract 9214 (Very Low, 59.1); tract 9223 (Very Low, 58.7) |
| Coastal Flooding | no tract has a National Risk Index rating for this hazard |
| Earthquake | tract 9001 (Relatively Low, 77.3); tract 9002 (Relatively Low, 70.6); tract 9006 (Relatively Low, 65.9) |
| Hurricane | tract 9251.02 (Relatively Moderate, 83.1); tract 9131 (Relatively Moderate, 82.1); tract 9001 (Relatively Moderate, 82.0) |
| Landslide | tract 9351 (Relatively Moderate, 95.9); tract 9251.02 (Relatively Low, 94.7); tract 9343 (Relatively Low, 94.4) |
| Tornado | tract 9251.02 (Relatively Low, 51.2); tract 9001 (Relatively Low, 49.9); tract 9131 (Relatively Low, 49.8) |
| Wildfire | tract 9251.02 (Relatively Low, 72.6); tract 9261 (Relatively Low, 71.0); tract 9343 (Very Low, 65.7) |
Up to 3 census tracts per hazard, highest National Risk Index rating first, then highest score; a tract number is the Census tract number (for example 9215 is Census Tract 9215). FEMA's Resilience Analysis and Planning Tool maps the National Risk Index for every tract: https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/resilience-analysis-and-planning-tool
Supports FEMA checklist item B1-c: hazard extent
Extent: scale, observed range and worst recorded event per hazard
Sources: 6, 7
| Hazard | Scale | Recordscount and years | Observed range | Worst recorded event | Most damaging (when different) | How it applies to jurisdictions | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalanche | none (count and damage only) | 0 | |||||
| Coastal Flood, Storm Surge/Tide | none in data (flood depth: FIRM) | 0 | Flood depth: see the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map. | ||||
| Cold/Wind Chill, Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | wind chill | 58 records, 2000 to 2026 (58 zone-level) | 1 day to 5 days (median 2 days); 44 with a recorded value | 5 consecutive days, 2026-01-29 to 2026-02-02, zone-level | Countywide (zone-level records). | ||
| Frost/Freeze (outside NRI's Cold Wave definition) | crop damage | 17 records, 2002 to 2023 (17 zone-level) | No crop damage reported in 17 records. | Countywide (zone-level records). | |||
| Drought | U.S. Drought Monitor scale (D0 to D4) | 7 records, 1999 to 2024 (7 zone-level) | 30 days to 57 days (median 33 days); 4 with a recorded value | 57 days (about 1.9 months), 2022-08-16 to 2022-10-11, a run of 3 consecutive Storm Events drought records, zone-level | Countywide (zone-level records). | Storm Events enters a drought at D2 or worse east of the Rockies and D3 or worse from the Rockies west (NWS Instruction 10-1605); NRI drought counts D3 and D4 only. | |
| Earthquake | Modified Mercalli (local data) | 0 | Storm Events does not record earthquakes; the USGS earthquake catalog is the source. | ||||
| Hail | hail size (inches) | 177 records, 1955 to 2025 | 0.75 in to 4 in (median 0.88 in); 175 with a recorded value | 4 in hail, 2011-06-01 | Hail, 2001-06-20, $15,000 property; crops not reported (2001 dollars) | Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Pittsfield city (17 records), North Adams city (10 records), Great Barrington town (9 records), Windsor town (7 records), Adams town (6 records), Lenox town (6 records), Otis town (6 records), Dalton town (5 records), Lee town (5 records), Becket town (4 records); and 15 more jurisdictions (see the Excel file). | |
| Excessive Heat, Heat | heat index (in event narratives) | 24 records, 1998 to 2025 (24 zone-level) | 1 day to 4 days (median 2 days); 19 with a recorded value | 4 consecutive days, 2018-09-03 to 2018-09-06, zone-level | Countywide (zone-level records). | Heat records from November to March (unseasonable warmth, not a heat wave) are counted but not used for the longest run. | |
| Hurricane, Tropical Storm, Tropical Depression | Saffir-Simpson | 2 records, 2011 to 2020 (2 zone-level) | Strongest recorded: Tropical Storm record, 2020-08-04, $0 property; $0 crops (2020 dollars); NWS zone MAZ001 | Countywide (zone-level records). | Storm Events files every zone of a storm's episode under the storm's type; flooding from the storm is filed as Flood or Flash Flood records. | ||
| Ice Storm | Sperry-Piltz ice scale (local data) | 3 records, 2007 to 2019 (3 zone-level) | No damage reported in 3 records. | Countywide (zone-level records). | |||
| Flash Flood, Flood, Lakeshore Flood | damage and flood days (flood depth: FIRM) | 150 records, 1996 to 2023 (14 zone-level) | Flood, 2023-07-10, $1,500,000 property; $0 crops (2023 dollars) | Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Pittsfield city (18 records), North Adams city (9 records), Lenox town (8 records), Great Barrington town (7 records), Williamstown town (7 records), Becket town (4 records), Dalton town (4 records), Sheffield town (4 records), Stockbridge town (4 records), West Stockbridge town (4 records); and 12 more jurisdictions (see the Excel file). Zone-level records (14) apply countywide. | Flood depth: see the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map. Storm Events damage is often $0 or blank for floods, major ones included; FEMA Public Assistance by declaration (B1-d) shows which floods cost the most. | ||
| Debris Flow | none (count and damage only) | 1 record, 2020 | No damage reported in 1 record. | Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: North Adams city (1 record). | |||
| Lightning | annualized frequency (the measure FEMA's Local Mitigation Planning Handbook names) | 16 records, 1997 to 2024 | Lightning, 2008-08-07, $200,000 property; $0 crops (2008 dollars) | Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: North Adams city (5 records), Williamstown town (2 records), Adams town (1 record), Great Barrington town (1 record), Hancock town (1 record), Lenox town (1 record), West Stockbridge town (1 record). | Storm Events lists lightning with damage or casualties. | ||
| High Wind and Strong Wind (outside NRI's Strong Wind definition) | wind speed (kt and mph) | 120 records, 1996 to 2026 (120 zone-level) | 35 kt (40 mph) to 60 kt (69 mph) (median 47 kt (54 mph)); 109 with a recorded value | 60 kt (69 mph) measured gust, High Wind, 2019-02-24; NWS zone MAZ001 | Strong Wind, 2014-03-29, $100,000 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2014 dollars) | Countywide (zone-level records). | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | wind speed (kt and mph) | 660 records, 1956 to 2026 | 40 kt (46 mph) to 87 kt (100 mph) (median 50 kt (58 mph)); 514 with a recorded value | 87 kt (100 mph) estimated gust, Thunderstorm Wind, 2008-07-24; same speed and measurement basis also recorded on 2007-09-09 | Thunderstorm Wind, 2021-07-27, $300,000 property; $200,000 crops (2021 dollars) | Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Pittsfield city (67 records), Lenox town (31 records), Lanesborough town (29 records), Great Barrington town (27 records), Lee town (27 records), North Adams city (26 records), Stockbridge town (24 records), Cheshire town (21 records), Sheffield town (15 records), Adams town (11 records); and 18 more jurisdictions (see the Excel file). | |
| Tornado | Enhanced Fujita (Fujita before Feb 2007) | 19 records, 1955 to 2020 | F/EF0 to F/EF4 (median F/EF1); 19 with a recorded value | F4 tornado, 1973-08-28, 6.4 mi path length (whole path, pre-1996), 313 yd wide, $25,000,000 property; crops not recorded (1973 dollars), 4 direct deaths, 36 direct injuries | Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Florida town (1 record), Great Barrington town (1 record), Monterey town (1 record), Pittsfield city (1 record), Richmond town (1 record), Sandisfield town (1 record). | Before 1996 a tornado is listed once, under the county where it began, with its whole path's rating and length; from 1996 on, each county lists its own segment. Length is not used to rank tornadoes (see Methods). | |
| Wildfire | acres burned (local data) | 5 records, 2002 to 2024 (5 zone-level) | Wildfire, 2024-11-08, $75,000 property; crops not reported (2024 dollars); NWS zone MAZ001 | Countywide (zone-level records). | |||
| Winter Storm, Heavy Snow, Blizzard, Lake-Effect Snow, Winter Weather, Sleet | none in data (snowfall: local data) | 260 records, 1996 to 2026 (260 zone-level) | Winter Storm, 1997-03-31, $1,000,000 property; crops not reported (1997 dollars); NWS zone MAZ001 | Countywide (zone-level records). |
Where a hazard names more than 10 jurisdictions, the table lists the 10 with the most records; every one is in the Excel file, sheet "B1-c Extent".
In event narratives only (local data needed): wind chill, temperature, heat index, ice thickness, acres burned and snow depth; any physical measure of avalanche, debris flow and lightning.
Storm Events records are more complete after 1996; before 1996 only Tornado (from 1950), Hail and Thunderstorm Wind (from 1955) exist. Zone-level records from zones that no NWS zone-county file places in this county (mostly before 2020) are not counted here (the Methods page explains the zone matching).
Dollars are nominal (as reported), labeled with the year; not adjusted for inflation.
Supports FEMA checklist item B1-d: previous occurrences
Federal declarations for this county: 23 declarations covering 17 separate hazard incidents counted in this packet (declarations for the same incident count once; non-natural and evacuation-only declarations are not counted).
No county-level plan row in FEMA data, so there is no approval date to count from.
Federal disaster declarations for this county
Sources: 1, 2, 3
| Declared | Incident began | FEMA number | Type | Title | Mapped hazard | County Public Assistancefederal share obligated, nominal dollars | Flags | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-15 | 2023-09-15 | EM-3599-MA | Emergency | Hurricane Lee | Hurricane | no Public Assistance recorded | within last 5 years | |
| 2020-03-27 | 2020-01-20 | DR-4496-MA | Major disaster | COVID-19 Pandemic | Non-natural, not counted | $20,010,337.52 | ||
| 2020-03-13 | 2020-01-20 | EM-3438-MA | Emergency | COVID-19 | Non-natural, not counted | no Public Assistance recorded | same incident as DR-4496 | |
| 2013-04-19 | 2013-02-08 | DR-4110-MA | Major disaster | Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding | Inland Flooding; Winter Weather | $526,958.49 | ||
| 2012-10-28 | 2012-10-27 | EM-3350-MA | Emergency | Hurricane Sandy | Hurricane | no Public Assistance recorded | ||
| 2012-01-06 | 2011-10-29 | DR-4051-MA | Major disaster | Severe Storm and Snowstorm | Winter Weather | $404,015.74 | ||
| 2011-11-01 | 2011-10-29 | EM-3343-MA | Emergency | Severe Storm | Hazard not mapped (severe storm title names no single hazard); not counted | no Public Assistance recorded | same incident as DR-4051 | |
| 2011-09-03 | 2011-08-27 | DR-4028-MA | Major disaster | Tropical Storm Irene | Hurricane | $8,857,683.02 | ||
| 2011-08-26 | 2011-08-26 | EM-3330-MA | Emergency | Hurricane Irene | Hurricane | no Public Assistance recorded | same incident as DR-4028 | |
| 2011-03-07 | 2011-01-11 | DR-1959-MA | Major disaster | Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm | Winter Weather | $687,684.63 | ||
| 2009-01-05 | 2008-12-11 | DR-1813-MA | Major disaster | Severe Winter Storm and Flooding | Ice Storm | $2,430,073.84 | ||
| 2008-12-13 | 2008-12-11 | EM-3296-MA | Emergency | Severe Winter Storm | Winter Weather | no Public Assistance recorded | same incident as DR-1813 | |
| 2007-05-16 | 2007-04-15 | DR-1701-MA | Major disaster | Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding | Coastal Flooding | $643,630.79 | ||
| 2005-11-10 | 2005-10-07 | DR-1614-MA | Major disaster | Severe Storms and Flooding | Inland Flooding | $1,529,500.99 | ||
| 2005-09-13 | 2005-08-29 | EM-3252-MA | Emergency | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation | Hurricane: evacuation support, not a local hazard event; not counted | no Public Assistance recorded | ||
| 2005-02-17 | 2005-01-22 | EM-3201-MA | Emergency | Record and/or Near Record Snow | Winter Weather | $572,497.69 | ||
| 2004-01-15 | 2003-12-06 | EM-3191-MA | Emergency | Snow | Winter Weather | $399,402.57 | ||
| 2003-03-11 | 2003-02-17 | EM-3175-MA | Emergency | Snow | Winter Weather | $364,886.92 | ||
| 2001-03-28 | 2001-03-05 | EM-3165-MA | Emergency | Snow | Winter Weather | $301,029.40 | ||
| 1996-01-24 | 1996-01-07 | DR-1090-MA | Major disaster | Blizzard of 96 | Winter Weather | no Public Assistance recorded | ||
| 1993-03-16 | 1993-03-13 | EM-3103-MA | Emergency | Blizzards, High Winds & Record Snowfall | Winter Weather | no Public Assistance recorded | ||
| 1987-04-18 | 1987-03-30 | DR-790-MA | Major disaster | Severe Storms & Flooding | Inland Flooding | no Public Assistance recorded | ||
| 1985-10-28 | 1985-09-27 | DR-751-MA | Major disaster | Hurricane Gloria | Hurricane | no Public Assistance recorded |
County Public Assistance: applicants the FEMA record places in this county, including any state agencies FEMA files there; statewide rows are listed on the state page; federal share obligated, nominal dollars.
Statewide declarations
Source: 2
| Declared | Incident began | FEMA number | Type | Title | Mapped hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955-08-20 | 1955-08-20 | DR-43-MA | Major disaster | Hurricane & Floods | Hurricane (primary); also designated: Inland Flooding |
| 1954-09-02 | 1954-09-02 | DR-22-MA | Major disaster | Hurricanes | Hurricane (primary); also designated: Inland Flooding |
| 1953-06-11 | 1953-06-11 | DR-7-MA | Major disaster | Tornado | Tornado |
FEMA recorded these with designated area Statewide and no county, so they are listed on every county page in the state and not counted with county rows. Local data needed: whether each one affected this county.
1 Fire Management declaration (1995-09-12 to 1995-09-12) FEMA filed as Statewide with no county; each names one local fire. Listed on the state page.
Previous occurrences by hazard, with explicit no-event rows
Sources: 2, 6, 7
| Hazard | Storm Events records, all years on file(years in the Period column) | Since plan approvalrecords | In the 12 months before plan approvalrecords | Last 5 yearsrecords | Declared incidents, all yearsseparate disasters | Declared since approvalseparate disasters | Period | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalanche | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1996 to 2026-06-30 | No recorded events, 1996 to 2026-06-30, NOAA NCEI Storm Events | |||
| Coastal Flooding | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1996 to 2026-06-30 | No Storm Events records of this type; 1 federal declared incident (see declarations table) | |||
| Cold Wave | 75 | 18 | 0 | 1996 to 2026-06-30 | Includes 17 Frost/Freeze records. | |||
| Drought | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1996 to 2026-06-30 | ||||
| Earthquake | 0 | 0 | 0 | Storm Events does not record earthquakes; the USGS earthquake catalog is the source. | ||||
| Hail | 177 | 2 | 0 | 1955 to 2026-06-30 | ||||
| Heat Wave | 24 | 6 | 0 | 1996 to 2026-06-30 | ||||
| Hurricane | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1996 to 2026-06-30 | ||||
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1996 to 2026-06-30 | ||||
| Inland Flooding | 150 | 13 | 3 | 1996 to 2026-06-30 | ||||
| Landslide | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1996 to 2026-06-30 | ||||
| Lightning | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1996 to 2026-06-30 | ||||
| Strong Wind | 780 | 148 | 0 | 1955 to 2026-06-30 | Includes 49 High Wind and 71 Strong Wind records. | |||
| Tornado | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1950 to 2026-06-30 | ||||
| Wildfire | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1996 to 2026-06-30 | ||||
| Winter Weather | 260 | 53 | 10 | 1996 to 2026-06-30 |
Notable Storm Events records
Sources: 1, 6, 7
| Date | Event type | Magnitude or extent | Damagenominal dollars | Deaths, injuriesdirect only | Location | Flags | Why listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | damage not reported | 0, 0 | NWS zone MAZ001 (NORTHERN BERKSHIRE), zone-level | within last 5 years | B1-c worst recorded: Cold/Wind Chill, Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | |
| 2023-07-10 | Flood | $1,500,000 property; $0 crops (2023 dollars) | 0, 0 | BRAYTONVILLE to NORTH ADAMS | within last 5 years | B1-c worst recorded: Flash Flood, Flood, Lakeshore Flood | |
| 2022-07-12 | Thunderstorm Wind | 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust | damage not reported | 1, 0 | WEST STOCKBRIDGE | within last 5 years | deaths or injuries recorded |
| 2020-08-04 | Tropical Storm | $0 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2020 dollars) | 0, 0 | NWS zone MAZ001 (NORTHERN BERKSHIRE), zone-level | B1-c worst recorded: Hurricane, Tropical Storm, Tropical Depression | ||
| 2019-02-24 | High Wind | 60 kt (69 mph) measured gust | damage not reported | 0, 0 | NWS zone MAZ001 (NORTHERN BERKSHIRE), zone-level | B1-c worst recorded: High Wind and Strong Wind | |
| 2018-09-03 | Heat | damage not reported | 0, 0 | NWS zone MAZ001 (NORTHERN BERKSHIRE), zone-level | B1-c worst recorded: Excessive Heat, Heat | ||
| 2011-06-01 | Hail | 4 in | property not reported; $0 crops (2011 dollars) | 0, 0 | EAST WINDSOR | B1-c worst recorded: Hail | |
| 2008-08-07 | Lightning | $200,000 property; $0 crops (2008 dollars) | 0, 0 | WILLIAMSTOWN | B1-c worst recorded: Lightning | ||
| 2008-07-24 | Thunderstorm Wind | 87 kt (100 mph) estimated gust | $0 property; $0 crops (2008 dollars) | 0, 0 | PERU | B1-c worst recorded: Thunderstorm Wind | |
| 1997-03-31 | Winter Storm | $1,000,000 property; crops not reported (zone total, 1997 dollars) | 0, 0 | NWS zone MAZ001 (BERKSHIRE), zone-level | B1-c worst recorded: Winter Storm, Heavy Snow, Blizzard, Lake-Effect Snow, Winter Weather, Sleet | ||
| 1995-05-29 | Tornado | F4, length not shown: implausible value in source, 12 yd wide | $250 property; crops not recorded (1995 dollars) | 3, 24 | N. Egremont to Sandisfield | deaths or injuries recorded | |
| 1973-08-28 | Tornado | F4, 6.4 mi path length (whole path, pre-1996), 313 yd wide | $25,000,000 property; crops not recorded (1973 dollars) | 4, 36 | location not recorded | deaths or injuries recorded |
The full list is in the Excel file, sheet "B1-d Storm Events history" (1,519 rows).
Location is the place NOAA recorded, as written in its data; it need not be a jurisdiction in this plan.
Local data needed: state-declared emergencies, from your state emergency management agency (federal data do not include them).
Tribal and special-area declarations in this state are listed on the state page.
Supports FEMA checklist item B1-e: probability of future events
Probability: FEMA annualized frequency and descriptor per hazard
Sources: 5, 6
| Hazard | FEMA annualized frequency (modeled)unit per row | Unit | In plain terms | Descriptor | Descriptor basis | NRI events or days in its record period (hail, wind and tornado are area-weighted, so can be fractional) | NRI period | Location | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalanche | 0.01 | events per year | about 1 in 100 years | Possible | FEMA annualized frequency (modeled) | 0 | 1994 to 2023 (30 years) | see B1-f | 0.01 is NRI's minimum avalanche frequency for a county in an avalanche susceptibility zone; NRI records no avalanche here, so the descriptor reflects the floor, not local events. |
| Coastal Flooding | events per year at a location (modeled) | not shown | modeled | see B1-f | Not Applicable in NRI for this county; no descriptor. | ||||
| Cold Wave | 4.31 | event-days per year | about 4.31 days per year | Likely | Storm Events event-days in 16 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (53.3%) | 81.9 | 2005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years) | countywide | |
| Drought | 0.746 | event-days per year | about 0.746 days per year | Likely | Storm Events event-days in 3 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (10%) | 84 | 2000 to 2025 (25.25 years; D3 and D4 only) | countywide | |
| Earthquake | 0.00105 | annual probability at a location | chance a given location in the county has at least minor-damage shaking in a year: 0.105% | not shown | modeled | see B1-f | No descriptor (Storm Events does not record earthquakes). | ||
| Hail | 3.12 | events per year | about 3.12 per year | Highly likely | FEMA annualized frequency (modeled) | 118.5 (modeled) | 1986 to 2023 (38 years) | countywide | |
| Heat Wave | 1.74 | event-days per year | about 1.74 days per year | Likely | Storm Events event-days in 13 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (43.3%) | 32.1 | 2005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years) | countywide | |
| Hurricane | 0.0786 | events per year | about 1 in 13 years | Possible | FEMA annualized frequency (modeled) | 26 | 1851 to 2024 (Atlantic) | see B1-f | NRI counts hurricane and tropical storm tracks passing within storm-force wind range; federal declarations are in B1-d. |
| Ice Storm | 1.23 | event-days per year | about 1.23 days per year | Likely | Storm Events event-days in 3 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (10%) | 83 | 1946-12-31 to 2014-02-12 (67 years) | countywide | |
| Inland Flooding | 2.64 | event-days per year | about 2.64 days per year | Likely | Storm Events event-days in 24 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (80%) | 74 | 1996 to 2023 (28 years) | see B1-f | |
| Landslide | 1.25 | events per year (modeled) | about 1.25 per year | Highly likely | FEMA annualized frequency (modeled) | not shown | modeled | see B1-f | |
| Lightning | 26.3 | days per year with a strike | about 26.3 days per year | Highly likely | FEMA annualized frequency (modeled) | not shown | 1995 to 2023 (29 years; CONUS) | countywide | |
| Strong Wind | 1.84 | events per year | about 1.84 per year | Highly likely | FEMA annualized frequency (modeled) | 71 | 1986 to 2023 (38 years) | countywide | |
| Tornado | 0.274 | events per year | about 1 in 4 years | Likely | FEMA annualized frequency (modeled) | not shown | 1950 to 2023 (EF2+); 1986 to 2023 (EF0-1) | see B1-f | |
| Wildfire | 0.0000458 | annual probability at a location | chance a given location in the county burns in a year: 0.00458% | Likely | Storm Events records in 3 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (10%) | not shown | modeled | see B1-f | |
| Winter Weather | 21.8 | event-days per year | about 21.8 days per year | Highly likely | Storm Events event-days in 30 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (100%) | 414 | 2005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years) | countywide |
FEMA annualized frequency (modeled) is the National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025) estimate of how often a hazard affects this county in a year; it is not recorded events divided by years, and its unit differs by hazard (events, event-days, or days with a lightning strike per year). For earthquake, wildfire, coastal flooding and tsunami the value is the chance (or number of events) at a location in the county, not across the county, so no "1 in N years" is given and the descriptor comes from Storm Events where it has a record (none for earthquake). The Methods page gives each hazard's method, from FEMA's National Risk Index Technical Documentation v1.20.
Where NRI gives event-days, the descriptor comes from the share of years with a Storm Events record; NRI's source records more events, so the two differ.
Descriptor scale used in this packet (defined per unit)
Sources: 5, 6
| Unit | Descriptor | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| events per year | Highly likely | 1 or more per year |
| events per year | Likely | about once in 1 to 10 years |
| events per year | Possible | about once in 10 to 100 years |
| events per year | Unlikely | less than once in 100 years |
| annual probability | Likely | 10% to under 100% chance in a given year |
| annual probability | Possible | 1% to under 10% chance in a given year |
| annual probability | Unlikely | under 1% chance in a given year |
| event-days (share of years) | Highly likely | event-days recorded in 90% or more of years |
| event-days (share of years) | Likely | event-days recorded in 10% to under 90% of years |
| event-days (share of years) | Possible | event-days recorded in some years but under 10% of years |
| lightning strike-days | Highly likely | cloud-to-ground strikes on 1 or more days per year |
Intensity bands: historical frequency (Storm Events)
Source: 6
| Hazard | Band | Years | Eventscounty-coded records | Years in period | Events per yearevents / years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 1.00-1.99 in | 1996 to 2025 | 68 | 30 | 2.27 |
| Hail | 2.00 in+ | 1996 to 2025 | 4 | 30 | 0.133 |
| Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind) | 50-64 kt | 1996 to 2025 | 446 | 30 | 14.9 |
| Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind) | 65 kt+ | 1996 to 2025 | 14 | 30 | 0.467 |
| Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind) | unmeasured or below 50 kt | 1996 to 2025 | 73 | 30 | 2.43 |
| Tornado | EF0-1 | 1996 to 2025 | 6 | 30 | 0.2 |
| Tornado | EF2-3 | 1996 to 2025 | 2 | 30 | 0.0667 |
| Tornado | EF4-5 | 1996 to 2025 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Tornado | unrated (EFU) | 1996 to 2025 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
The bands show how often events of each severity were recorded in this county, to profile how severe events have been (FEMA's probability item asks for the range of intensities).
Hail smaller than 1 inch is not counted: on 2010-01-05 the National Weather Service raised its severe-hail threshold from 3/4 inch to 1 inch, so smaller reports became less common after 2009 (NWS Service Change Notice 09-52). NRI hail frequency uses a 0.75 inch threshold.
Optional: future conditions. Not a required item in the 2025 FEMA Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guide; some states ask for it. The federal Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation (CMRA) site gives county exposure to future climate conditions (https://resilience.climate.gov/).
Supports FEMA checklist item B1-f: hazards that vary across jurisdictions
Range of census tract risk within the county
Source: 5
| Hazard | Tractsrated of all | NRI risk score, 0 to 100 | Tracts by rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Median | Max | |||
| Avalanche | 20 of 40 | 55.2 | 57.1 | 59.2 | Very Low 20, Not Applicable 20 |
| Coastal Flooding | 0 of 40 | Not Applicable 40 | |||
| Cold Wave | 40 of 40 | 31.8 | 51.0 | 71.0 | Relatively Moderate 25, Relatively Low 15 |
| Drought | 2 of 40 | 82.5 | 83.1 | 83.7 | Relatively Low 2, No Rating 38 |
| Earthquake | 40 of 40 | 13.1 | 34.5 | 77.3 | Relatively Low 16, Very Low 24 |
| Hail | 40 of 40 | 33.4 | 49.4 | 63.8 | Relatively Low 37, Very Low 3 |
| Heat Wave | 40 of 40 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 14.4 | Very Low 40 |
| Hurricane | 40 of 40 | 58.5 | 73.2 | 83.1 | Relatively Moderate 9, Relatively Low 31 |
| Ice Storm | 40 of 40 | 21.2 | 56.2 | 82.1 | Relatively Moderate 10, Relatively Low 27, Very Low 3 |
| Inland Flooding | 40 of 40 | 6.6 | 65.6 | 97.7 | Very High 2, Relatively High 15, Relatively Moderate 13, Relatively Low 7, Very Low 3 |
| Landslide | 40 of 40 | 31.6 | 88.3 | 95.9 | Relatively Moderate 1, Relatively Low 26, Very Low 13 |
| Lightning | 40 of 40 | 24.3 | 46.5 | 72.8 | Relatively Moderate 18, Relatively Low 22 |
| Strong Wind | 40 of 40 | 37.4 | 64.1 | 84.0 | Relatively High 3, Relatively Moderate 27, Relatively Low 10 |
| Tornado | 40 of 40 | 20.4 | 34.9 | 51.2 | Relatively Low 31, Very Low 9 |
| Wildfire | 38 of 40 | 27.0 | 44.2 | 72.6 | Relatively Low 2, Very Low 36, No Rating 2 |
| Winter Weather | 40 of 40 | 28.1 | 43.1 | 62.5 | Relatively Moderate 14, Relatively Low 26 |
Drought: Agriculture is all of NRI's expected annual loss for this hazard in the county, so the tract range mostly reflects where crop and livestock value is.
Rated tracts only: No Rating (score 0.0), Not Applicable and Insufficient Data tracts are counted but not used for the minimum, median and maximum.
The score ranks a tract against all U.S. tracts (100 = highest). The rating is FEMA's category for the tract's risk value, computed differently, so the two can disagree.
Frequency data for cold wave, drought, hail, heat wave, ice storm, lightning, strong wind and winter weather are county-wide or coarse (49 km grid or NWS zone), the same for every jurisdiction; the tract range mostly reflects where buildings and people are (crop and livestock value where a line above names agriculture).
Each jurisdiction (starting figures from federal data)
Sources: 1, 3, 4, 6
| Jurisdiction | Type | Plan status | Repetitive lossFMA RL and SRL (44 CFR 77.2); repeat-flood, any definition | Public Assistance to this jurisdictionFEMA records matched by applicant name; federal share obligated, nominal dollars | Event records naming this placeall years; since its plan | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Adams city | City | Expired on 2026-01-21 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 1 | $807,877.39 | 51 total; 5 since its plan | Includes $146,922.32 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4496-MA). |
| Pittsfield city | City | Approved, expires 2030-11-18 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 11 | $980,742.52 | 103 total; 3 since its plan | Includes $278,427.72 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4496-MA). |
| Adams town | Town | Approved, expires 2029-09-23 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 1 | $296,783.84 | 20 total; 0 since its plan | Includes $39,628.89 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4496-MA). |
| Becket town | Town | Expired on 2025-10-07 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $1,019,168.30 | 19 total; 7 since its plan | |
| Cheshire town | Town | Approved, expires 2030-05-05 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 1 | $225,663.73 | 26 total; 1 since its plan | Includes $10,502.92 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4496-MA). |
| Clarksburg town | Town | Approved, expires 2026-12-07 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $161,346.09 | 1 total; 0 since its plan | Includes $32,861 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4496-MA). |
| Dalton town | Town | Approved, expires 2029-08-27 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 2 | $153,548.86 | 19 total; 0 since its plan | Includes $9,820 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4496-MA). |
| Egremont town | Town | Approved, expires 2028-02-22 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $101,245.93 | 0 total; 0 since its plan | |
| Florida town | Town | Approved, expires 2031-07-12 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $893,044.92 | 5 total; not yet covered | |
| Great Barrington town | Town | Expired on 2026-01-12 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 2 | $477,861.93 | 45 total; 5 since its plan | Includes $17,557.10 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4496-MA). |
| Hancock town | Town | Approved, expires 2031-04-05 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $23,024.20 | 9 total; 0 since its plan | |
| Hinsdale town | Town | Approved, expires 2029-08-21 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $506,224.57 | 10 total; 0 since its plan | Includes $7,758.47 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4496-MA). |
| Lanesborough town | Town | Expired on 2024-03-27 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $238,455.59 | 32 total; 11 since its plan | Includes $22,154.76 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4496-MA). |
| Lee town | Town | Approved, expires 2031-03-31 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 3 | $303,050.47 | 34 total; 1 since its plan | Includes $87,133.23 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4496-MA). |
| Lenox town | Town | Approved, expires 2028-04-16 | FMA RL 0, SRL 1; any 2 | $249,862.93 | 46 total; 4 since its plan | Includes $120,225.93 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4496-MA). |
| Monterey town | Town | Expired on 2025-12-14 | FMA RL 1, SRL 0; any 5 | $535,883.01 | 12 total; 1 since its plan | Includes $85,401.75 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4496-MA). |
| Mount Washington town | Town | Approved, expires 2028-04-03 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $114,016.99 | 2 total; 0 since its plan | |
| New Ashford town | Town | Approved, expires 2028-04-16 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $30,288.19 | 4 total; 0 since its plan | |
| New Marlborough town | Town | Expired on 2026-03-23 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 1 | $556,506.71 | 10 total; 1 since its plan | |
| Otis town | Town | Approved, expires 2027-06-15 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $464,966.53 | 20 total; 1 since its plan | |
| Peru town | Town | Approved, expires 2027-01-06 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $392,362.97 | 4 total; 0 since its plan | |
| Richmond town | Town | Expired on 2026-06-28 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $56,945.01 | 3 total; 0 since its plan | |
| Sandisfield town | Town | Expired on 2018-02-26 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $592,691.07 | 7 total; 2 since its plan | |
| Savoy town | Town | Expired on 2026-07-14 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $5,555,080.17 | 7 total; 0 since its plan | |
| Sheffield town | Town | Expired on 2024-04-11 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $240,784.61 | 22 total; 8 since its plan | Includes $82,945.44 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4496-MA). |
| Stockbridge town | Town | Expired on 2026-03-08 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 1 | $71,464.51 | 32 total; 7 since its plan | |
| Tyringham town | Town | Expired on 2026-06-23 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $152,182.40 | 4 total; 1 since its plan | |
| Washington town | Town | Expired on 2024-07-01 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $417,253.11 | 15 total; 8 since its plan | |
| West Stockbridge town | Town | Approved, expires 2027-01-26 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 1 | $117,521.64 | 18 total; 5 since its plan | |
| Williamstown town | Town | Approved, expires 2030-11-12 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $312,373.59 | 21 total; 0 since its plan | Includes $8,843.44 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4496-MA). |
| Windsor town | Town | Approved, expires 2026-10-06 | FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0 | $362,879.16 | 11 total; 1 since its plan |
Repetitive-loss counts are for whole NFIP communities, which can extend beyond this county (see the note in B2-c).
County Public Assistance in B1-d also includes applicants filed under the county that are not jurisdictions in this plan (for example state agencies, special districts and nonprofits), so the jurisdiction rows add up to less.
Supports FEMA checklist items B2-a and B2-b: vulnerability and potential impacts
Local data needed
The table below gives county-level starting figures; the plan describes impacts for each jurisdiction and its own assets.
No county-level plan row in FEMA data, so there is no approval date to count from.
- Critical facilities and lifelines per hazard
- A problem statement per jurisdiction per hazard
- Changes in development in hazard-prone areas since the last approval, or a statement of none (E1-a)
- Future assets
County-level starter: exposure, expected annual loss and damage since the plan
Sources: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
| Hazard | Building exposuremodeled dollars | Agriculture exposuremodeled dollars | Population exposedpeople | EAL buildingsmodeled dollars per year | EAL agriculturemodeled dollars per year | Cost of expected deaths and injuriesFEMA's dollar value per year, not property damage | EAL as % of exposurebuildings; agriculture where noted | Storm Events damage since plancounty-coded records, property plus crops, nominal dollars | Zone-level damage since planproperty plus crops, reported for the zone | Public Assistance since plannominal dollars; see note | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalanche | $207,598 | n/a | 1 | under $1 | n/a | $2,842 | under 0.0001% | ||||
| Coastal Flooding | Not Applicable in NRI for this county | ||||||||||
| Cold Wave | $30,059,348,583 | $30,246,034 | 128,939 | $537 | $11,613 | $2,386,795 | under 0.0001% | ||||
| Drought | n/a | $1,692,990 | n/a | n/a | $6,682 | n/a | 0.395% (agriculture) | NRI has no building exposure for this hazard; agriculture shown | |||
| Earthquake | $52,438,792,053 | n/a | 129,026 | $747,338 | n/a | $173,537 | 0.00143% | ||||
| Hail | $30,059,348,583 | $30,246,034 | 128,939 | $15,906 | $27,097 | $248,377 | under 0.0001% | ||||
| Heat Wave | $30,059,348,583 | $30,246,034 | 128,939 | under $1 | $1,416 | $175,151 | under 0.0001% | ||||
| Hurricane | $30,057,768,560 | $30,246,034 | 128,927 | $2,996,406 | $86,494 | $111,935 | 0.00997% | ||||
| Ice Storm | $30,051,077,991 | n/a | 128,892 | $276,162 | n/a | $16,931 | 0.000919% | ||||
| Inland Flooding | $29,998,019,223 | $4,228,112 | 5,794 | $41,176,893 | $597 | $234,477 | n/a (see note) | NRI counts the full building value of any census block with some flood loss; this is not the value of buildings in the floodplain. Use local FIRM overlays for B2-a/B2-b. | |||
| Landslide | $1,314,820,751 | n/a | 5,999 | $17,849 | n/a | $4,624 | 0.00136% | ||||
| Lightning | $30,059,348,583 | n/a | 128,939 | $38,595 | n/a | $430,524 | 0.000128% | ||||
| Strong Wind | $30,059,348,583 | $30,246,034 | 128,939 | $87,541 | $9,231 | $1,193,205 | 0.000291% | ||||
| Tornado | $30,059,348,583 | $30,246,034 | 128,939 | $959,495 | $662 | $226,434 | 0.00319% | ||||
| Wildfire | $3,733,972,474 | $5,091,884 | 19,177 | $9,460 | $2 | $1,276 | 0.000253% | ||||
| Winter Weather | $30,059,348,583 | $30,246,034 | 128,939 | $44,457 | $5 | $41,552 | 0.000148% |
Totals since the plan: not available. No county-level plan row in FEMA data, so there is no approval date to count from.
FEMA does not split Public Assistance by hazard. A declaration mapped to several hazards is listed under each of them with its full amount, so the per-hazard column does not add up to the total; the unit total counts each declaration once.
NRI computes earthquake exposure on its own basis, so it exceeds the county building value in B2-a.
Supports FEMA checklist item B2-a: vulnerability (county context)
County context
Source: 5
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 128,939 |
| Building value (total, not at risk) | $30,059,348,583 |
| Agriculture value (total, not at risk) | $30,246,034 |
| NRI risk rating (all hazards) | Relatively Moderate |
| Expected annual loss, buildings and agriculture, all hazards | $46,514,437 |
| Expected annual loss, population equivalence, all hazards (NRI values each statistical life at $13.7M; a modeled value of expected deaths and injuries, not property damage) | $5,247,661 |
| Social vulnerability rating | Relatively Moderate |
| Community resilience rating | Very High |
| NRI version | December 2025 |
FEMA's all-hazard expected annual loss adds buildings, agriculture and population equivalence; this table gives the property part and the population-equivalence part as separate rows.
Social vulnerability: higher means people are more likely to be harmed and slower to recover. Community resilience: lower means the community is less able to recover. High social vulnerability and low resilience both raise the NRI risk rating.
Supports FEMA checklist item B2-c: repetitive loss properties
Repetitive loss in this county, both definitions
Sources: 1, 4
| Definition | Properties | Severe repetitive loss | Properties |
|---|---|---|---|
| Repetitive loss, FMA definition (44 CFR 77.2) | 1 | Severe repetitive loss, FMA definition (44 CFR 77.2) | 1 |
| Repetitive loss, NFIP insurance definition | 30 | Severe repetitive loss, NFIP insurance definition | 1 |
The state NFIP coordinator's list, the source FEMA's Handbook names, often uses the NFIP insurance definition (second row).
Repeat-flood properties: county total and NFIP communities
Sources: 1, 4
| Scope | RL, FMAproperties | SRL, FMAproperties | RL, NFIPproperties | SRL, NFIPproperties | Any categoryproperties | Mitigatedproperties | Currently insuredproperties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County total | 1 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 6 |
| of which: Adams town | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| of which: Cheshire town | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| of which: Dalton town | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| of which: Great Barrington town | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| of which: Lee town | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| of which: Lenox town | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| of which: Monterey town | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| of which: New Marlborough town | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| of which: North Adams city | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| of which: Pittsfield city | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| of which: Stockbridge town | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| of which: West Stockbridge town | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Repeat-flood properties by jurisdiction in the plan (NFIP community)
Sources: 1, 4
| Jurisdiction | NFIP community ID | RL, FMAproperties | SRL, FMAproperties | RL, NFIPproperties | SRL, NFIPproperties | Any categoryproperties | Mitigatedproperties | Currently insuredproperties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Adams city | 250034 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Pittsfield city | 250037 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| Adams town | 250016 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Becket town | 250018 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cheshire town | 250019 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clarksburg town | 250020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dalton town | 250021 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Egremont town | 250022 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida town | 250023 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Great Barrington town | 250024 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hancock town | 250025 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hinsdale town | 250026 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lanesborough town | 250027 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee town | 250028 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Lenox town | 250029 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Monterey town | 250030 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Mount Washington town | 250031 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Ashford town | 250032 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Marlborough town | 250033 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Otis town | 250035 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peru town | 250036 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Richmond town | 250038 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandisfield town | 250039 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Savoy town | 250040 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheffield town | 250041 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stockbridge town | 250042 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyringham town | 250043 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington town | 250044 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Stockbridge town | 250045 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Williamstown town | 250046 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Windsor town | 250047 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Counts by occupancy group for each jurisdiction are in the Excel file, sheet "B2-c Jurisdictions".
Jurisdiction rows are whole NFIP communities and need not add up to the county total: a community that extends into another county is counted in full on each jurisdiction row, while the county table counts only its part in this county.
County repeat-flood properties by occupancy group
Sources: 1, 4
| Occupancy group | RL, FMAproperties | SRL, FMAproperties | RL, NFIPproperties | SRL, NFIPproperties | Any categoryproperties | Mitigatedproperties | Currently insuredproperties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| single-family residential | 1 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 to 4 unit residential | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| other residential | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| non-residential | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| not reported | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
FEMA's occupancy groups have no institutional class; institutional properties are counted in non-residential or other residential in the table by occupancy group.
FMA RL and FMA SRL are the Flood Mitigation Assistance definitions (44 CFR 77.2), the ones the FEMA Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guide cites. NFIP repetitive loss (the FEMA insurance definition) is 2 or more claims over $1,000 in 10 years, and a property can leave that group once it is mitigated. Also shown: NFIP severe repetitive loss, any category, mitigated and currently insured. The Methods page gives the OpenFEMA field details.
Counts are aggregates of FEMA's public NFIP Multiple Loss Properties file (FEMA's data date 2026-08-02; file version 2026-08-04). No property is identified. County assignment is FEMA's geocode.
In this county 1 property is FMA repetitive loss but not NFIP repetitive loss, and 30 properties are NFIP repetitive loss but not FMA repetitive loss.
Exact counts; no count suppression.
Sources
Tables cite these sources by number. The full list, for the plan's bibliography (FEMA review item A4-a):
- FEMA, OpenFEMA HazardMitigationPlanStatuses v1, version 2026-09-29T134039Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/HazardMitigationPlanStatuses (API)
- FEMA, OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, version 2026-09-29T162832Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries (API)
- FEMA, OpenFEMA PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries v1, version 2026-09-29T150754Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries (API)
- FEMA, OpenFEMA NfipMultipleLossProperties v1, version 2026-08-04T164045Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/NfipMultipleLossProperties (API)
- FEMA, FEMA National Risk Index 1.20.0 (December 2025), county and census tract tables, version 1.20.0, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/about/reports-and-data/openfema/nri/v120/NRI_Table_Counties.zip (download, 25 MB), https://www.fema.gov/about/reports-and-data/openfema/nri/v120/NRI_Table_CensusTracts.zip (download, 635 MB)
- NOAA NCEI, NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, details files (csvfiles v1.0), version c20260918, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/swdi/stormevents/csvfiles/
- NOAA National Weather Service, NWS county-public forecast zones correlation file, version bp03mr20 to bp16ap26 (11 files; newest bp16ap26), pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.weather.gov/gis/ZoneCounty
- U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2024 Gazetteer, 2020 place by county, CT county-to-cousub crosswalk, version 2024-gazetteer, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_counties_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_cousubs_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_place_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_unsd_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_elsd_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_scsd_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/codes2020/national_place_by_county2020.txt, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/ct_change/ct_cou_to_cousub_crosswalk.xlsx (used to match place names and codes; no table prints its values)
What this packet is and what the plan adds
This packet is the federal data for the plan's risk assessment (the summary on page 1 says how it is organized); the plan and FEMA's review decide whether each item is met.
The plan adds what only the community has: local data on assets, critical facilities, development and each jurisdiction's impacts; local hazard history, including state-declared emergencies; the mitigation strategy; and adoption.
How the federal data are built: National Risk Index values are FEMA's model, not counts of events. Storm Events is more complete from 1996; zone-level records are placed by forecast zone, not by location in the county. Public Assistance for a jurisdiction is matched by applicant name. The Methods page gives every rule and the known edge cases.
OpenFEMA disclaimer
This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Reuse, citation and corrections
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Cite this: Hazard Plain (2026). Berkshire County, MA: risk-assessment baseline packet, release 2026-10 (data as of 2026-09-30; County FIPS 25003). Automated baseline. https://hazardplain.org/ma/25003/ Built from FEMA OpenFEMA, the FEMA National Risk Index and NOAA NCEI Storm Events; source versions in the packet's Sources list.
Corrections: to report an error, name the packet, the table and what your records show. Contact: contact@hazardplain.org