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Natural hazards · Candia

Candia, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Candia comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 14 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Candia?

39
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Candia to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Tornadoes6%Hurricanes6%Earthquakes6%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Candia faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

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

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% 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 Candia flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Candia.

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Candia 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 Candia

14 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CandiaDeclared for Rockingham County only
2024

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$14K to the Town of Candia for repairs
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Town of Candia for repairs
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$24K to the Town of Candia for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$17K to the Town of Candia for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$23K to the Town of Candia for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$5K to the Town of Candia for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$33K to the Town of Candia for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm

$97K to the Town of Candia for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $12K aid approved $136K to the Town of Candia for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $13K aid approved $16K to the Town of Candia for repairs
2005

Record Snow

$5K to the Town of Candia for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$1K to the Town of Candia for repairs
2003

Snow

$11K to the Town of Candia for repairs
2001

Snow

$10K to the Town of Candia for repairs
Rockingham County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Candia

Candia and the towns around it

Deerfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAuburn: Low, mostly inland floodingHooksett: Low, mostly inland floodingRaymond: High, mostly inland floodingChester: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorthwood: Very low, mostly inland floodingNottingham: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAllenstown: High, mostly inland floodingEpsom: High, mostly inland floodingManchester: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBow: Low, mostly inland floodingDunbarton: Low, mostly inland floodingFremont: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEpping: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSandown: Low, mostly inland floodingDerry: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCandia: Low, mostly inland flooding CandiaDeerfieldAuburnHooksettRaymondChester
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Raymondmostly inland floodingHigh
Deerfieldmostly 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. Candia covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Candia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Candia. 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 Candia total about $985K 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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