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Natural hazards · Auburn

Auburn, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Auburn comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2010. 15 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Auburn?

38
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Auburn to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Hurricanes6%Tornadoes6%Earthquakes5%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Auburn faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce 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 Auburn flood?

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

1paid claims since 2010
$33Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20102026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Auburn isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Rockingham County.
Disasters that hit Auburn

15 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AuburnDeclared for Rockingham County only
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$33K to the Town of Auburn for repairs
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$40K to the Town of Auburn for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$27K to the Town of Auburn for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$34K to the Town of Auburn for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$18K to the Town of Auburn for repairs
2011

Severe Storm and Snowstorm

$83K to the Town of Auburn for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

$11K to the Town of Auburn for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$46K to the Town of Auburn for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$147K to the Town of Auburn for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm

$157K to the Town of Auburn for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

18 households applied for aid $42K aid approved $296K to the Town of Auburn for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

27 households applied for aid $34K aid approved $343K to the Town of Auburn for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$11K to the Town of Auburn for repairs
2003

Snow

$13K to the Town of Auburn for repairs
2001

Snow

$18K to the Town of Auburn for repairs
Rockingham County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Auburn

Auburn and the towns around it

Chester: Moderate, mostly inland floodingManchester: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHooksett: Low, mostly inland floodingCandia: Low, mostly inland floodingSandown: Low, mostly inland floodingRaymond: High, mostly inland floodingDerry: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBedford: Low, mostly inland floodingLondonderry: Low, mostly inland floodingGoffstown: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMerrimack: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLitchfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAllenstown: High, mostly inland floodingBow: Low, mostly inland floodingDunbarton: Low, mostly inland floodingDeerfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAuburn: Low, mostly inland flooding AuburnChesterManchesterHooksettCandia
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Manchestermostly inland floodingModerate
Chestermostly inland floodingModerate
Candiamostly inland floodingLow
Auburnmostly inland floodingLow
Hooksettmostly inland floodingLow
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. Auburn covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Auburn’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Auburn. 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 Auburn total about $1.7M 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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