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Natural hazards · Bartlett

Bartlett, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bartlett comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 41 claims here since 1984. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bartlett?

80
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bartlett to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding83%Hurricanes10%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Bartlett faces

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

Inland flooding

83% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bartlett flood?

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

41paid claims since 1984
$803Kpaid to owners
6homes flooded more than once
19842026

Biggest named events

  • December Nor'easter: 13 claims, $350K
  • Hurricane Irene: 12 claims, $218K

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. Bartlett isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Carroll County.
Disasters that hit Bartlett

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BartlettDeclared for Carroll County only
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$144K to the Town of Bartlett for repairs
2022

Severe Storm and Flooding

$410K to the Town of Bartlett for repairs
2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$86K to the Town of Bartlett for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$14K to the Town of Bartlett for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

59 households applied for aid $137K aid approved $1.5M to the Town of Bartlett for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$34K to the Town of Bartlett for repairs
2005

Record Snow

$18K to the Town of Bartlett for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$5K to the Town of Bartlett for repairs
Carroll County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Bartlett

Bartlett and the towns around it

Jackson: Very high, mostly inland floodingConway: High, mostly inland floodingAlbany: High, mostly inland floodingHart's Location: Very high, mostly inland floodingChatham: High, mostly inland floodingMadison: High, mostly inland floodingEaton: High, mostly inland floodingFryeburg: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBrownfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTamworth: High, mostly inland floodingWaterville Valley: Very high, mostly inland floodingBethlehem: High, mostly inland floodingStow: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBartlett: Very high, mostly inland flooding BartlettJacksonConwayAlbanyHart's LocationChatham
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Jacksonmostly inland floodingVery high
Hart's Locationmostly inland floodingVery high
Bartlettmostly inland floodingVery high
Conwaymostly inland floodingHigh
Albanymostly inland floodingHigh
Chathammostly inland floodingHigh
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. Bartlett covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bartlett’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Bartlett. 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 Bartlett total about $2.4M 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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