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Natural hazards · Barrington

Barrington, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barrington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1996. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Barrington?

49
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barrington to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Everything else25%
By hazard

What Barrington faces

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

Inland flooding

75% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Barrington flood?

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

5paid claims since 1996
$139Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19962026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Barrington isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Strafford County.
Disasters that hit Barrington

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BarringtonDeclared for Strafford County only
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$31K to the Town of Barrington for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$30K to the Town of Barrington for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$33K to the Town of Barrington for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$27K to the Town of Barrington for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm

$68K to the Town of Barrington for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

57 households applied for aid $95K aid approved $131K to the Town of Barrington for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

67 households applied for aid $129K aid approved $36K to the Town of Barrington for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$20K to the Town of Barrington for repairs
2003

Snow

$13K to the Town of Barrington for repairs
2001

Snow

$23K to the Town of Barrington for repairs
Strafford County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Barrington

Barrington and the towns around it

Rochester: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStrafford: Low, mostly inland floodingNottingham: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMadbury: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLebanon: Low, mostly inland floodingBerwick: Low, mostly inland floodingFarmington: High, mostly inland floodingDover: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBarnstead: High, mostly inland floodingNorthwood: Very low, mostly inland floodingPittsfield: High, mostly inland floodingDeerfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLee: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDurham: Low, mostly inland floodingBarrington: Moderate, mostly inland flooding BarringtonRochesterStraffordNottinghamMadbury
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Nottinghammostly inland floodingModerate
Barringtonmostly inland floodingModerate
Madburymostly inland floodingModerate
Rochestermostly inland floodingModerate
Straffordmostly 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. Barrington covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Barrington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Barrington. 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 Barrington total about $2.3M 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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