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Natural hazards · Enfield

Enfield, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Enfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2011. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Enfield?

75
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Enfield to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding84%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Enfield faces

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

Inland flooding

84% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Enfield flood?

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

3paid claims since 2011
$78Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20112026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $30K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Enfield isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Grafton County.
Disasters that hit Enfield

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EnfieldDeclared for Grafton County only
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$119K to the Town of Enfield for repairs
2022

Severe Storm and Flooding

$17K to the Town of Enfield for repairs
2019

Severe Storm and Flooding

$101K to the Town of Enfield for repairs
2017

Severe Storms and Flooding

$71K to the Town of Enfield for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$5K to the Town of Enfield for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

11 households applied for aid $17K aid approved $320K to the Town of Enfield for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Town of Enfield for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$27K to the Town of Enfield for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2003

Snow

$10K to the Town of Enfield for repairs
2001

Snow

$13K to the Town of Enfield for repairs
Grafton County has had 32 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Enfield

Enfield and the towns around it

Lebanon: High, mostly inland floodingCanaan: Very high, mostly inland floodingGrantham: High, mostly inland floodingGrafton: Very high, mostly inland floodingHartford: Low, mostly inland floodingHanover: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPlainfield: High, mostly inland floodingHartland: Low, mostly inland floodingNorwich: High, mostly inland floodingDorchester: Very high, mostly inland floodingOrange: Very high, mostly inland floodingGroton: Very high, mostly inland floodingCroydon: High, mostly inland floodingSpringfield: High, mostly inland floodingDanbury: Very high, mostly inland floodingEnfield: High, mostly inland flooding EnfieldLebanonCanaanGranthamGrafton
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Graftonmostly inland floodingVery high
Canaanmostly inland floodingVery high
Enfieldmostly inland floodingHigh
Lebanonmostly inland floodingHigh
Granthammostly 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. Enfield covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Enfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Enfield. 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 Enfield total about $1.9M 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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