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Natural hazards · Bennington

Bennington, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bennington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1986. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bennington?

60
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bennington to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Hurricanes11%Tornadoes5%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Bennington faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 78 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bennington flood?

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

7paid claims since 1986
$177Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19862026

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

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BenningtonDeclared for Hillsborough County only
2015

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$7K to the Town of Bennington for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$11K to the Town of Bennington for repairs
2011

Severe Storm and Snowstorm

$6K to the Town of Bennington for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

$1K to the Town of Bennington for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Town of Bennington for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$2K to the Town of Bennington for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm

$19K to the Town of Bennington for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $29K aid approved
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved
Hillsborough County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Bennington

Bennington and the towns around it

Antrim: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFrancestown: High, mostly inland floodingHancock: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDeering: High, mostly inland floodingGreenfield: Low, mostly inland floodingHillsborough: High, mostly inland floodingStoddard: High, mostly inland floodingNew Boston: High, mostly inland floodingWeare: High, mostly inland floodingHarrisville: Low, mostly inland floodingPeterborough: High, mostly inland floodingLyndeborough: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBennington: High, mostly inland flooding BenningtonAntrimFrancestownHancockDeeringGreenfield
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Benningtonmostly inland floodingHigh
Francestownmostly inland floodingHigh
Deeringmostly inland floodingHigh
Antrimmostly inland floodingModerate
Hancockmostly inland floodingModerate
Greenfieldmostly 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. Bennington is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bennington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Bennington. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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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