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Natural hazards · Chichester

Chichester, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Chichester comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2007. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Chichester?

46
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Chichester to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Hurricanes15%Everything else23%
By hazard

What Chichester faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Chichester flood?

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

1paid claims since 2007
$40Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20072026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Chichester isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Merrimack County.
Disasters that hit Chichester

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ChichesterDeclared for Merrimack County only
2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$7K to the Town of Chichester for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$8K to the Town of Chichester for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$4K to the Town of Chichester for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$29K to the Town of Chichester for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm

$26K to the Town of Chichester for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $7K aid approved $26K to the Town of Chichester for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $9K aid approved $16K to the Town of Chichester for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved
Merrimack County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Chichester

Chichester and the towns around it

Pittsfield: High, mostly inland floodingLoudon: High, mostly inland floodingEpsom: High, mostly inland floodingPembroke: High, mostly inland floodingBarnstead: High, mostly inland floodingNorthwood: Very low, mostly inland floodingStrafford: Low, mostly inland floodingCanterbury: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGilmanton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingConcord: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAllenstown: High, mostly inland floodingDeerfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBow: Low, mostly inland floodingChichester: Moderate, mostly inland flooding ChichesterPittsfieldLoudonEpsomPembroke
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Epsommostly inland floodingHigh
Loudonmostly inland floodingHigh
Pittsfieldmostly inland floodingHigh
Pembrokemostly inland floodingHigh
Chichestermostly inland floodingModerate
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. Chichester covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Chichester’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Chichester. 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 Chichester total about $725K 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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