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Natural hazards · Conway

Conway, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Conway comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 62 claims here since 1978. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Conway?

76
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Conway to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Hurricanes13%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Conway 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
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 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 Conway flood?

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

62paid claims since 1978
$1.2Mpaid to owners
5homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 18 claims, $645K
  • December Nor'easter: 8 claims, $247K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

10flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Conway

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ConwayDeclared for Carroll County only
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$19K to the Town of Conway for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

56 households applied for aid $465K aid approved $60K to the Town of Conway for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$126K to the Town of Conway for repairs
Carroll County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Conway

Conway and the towns around it

Madison: High, mostly inland floodingBartlett: Very high, mostly inland floodingEaton: High, mostly inland floodingFryeburg: Moderate, mostly inland floodingChatham: High, mostly inland floodingBrownfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAlbany: High, mostly inland floodingFreedom: High, mostly inland floodingTamworth: High, mostly inland floodingJackson: Very high, mostly inland floodingHart's Location: Very high, mostly inland floodingBridgton: Very low, mostly inland floodingDenmark: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStow: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSweden: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHiram: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPorter: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWaterville Valley: Very high, mostly inland floodingConway: High, mostly inland flooding ConwayMadisonBartlettEatonFryeburgChathamBrownfieldAlbany
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Bartlettmostly inland floodingVery high
Conwaymostly inland floodingHigh
Chathammostly inland floodingHigh
Albanymostly inland floodingHigh
Madisonmostly inland floodingHigh
Eatonmostly inland floodingHigh
Fryeburgmostly inland floodingModerate
Brownfieldmostly 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. Conway covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Conway’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Conway. 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 Conway total about $5.3M 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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