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Natural hazards · Epping

Epping, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Epping comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 31 claims here since 1983. 13 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Epping?

50
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Epping to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding69%Drought6%Tornadoes6%Hurricanes5%Earthquakes5%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Epping faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

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

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Epping flood?

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

31paid claims since 1983
$621Kpaid to owners
9homes flooded more than once
19832026

Biggest named events

  • March 2010 Nor'easter: 2 claims, $6K

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. Epping 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 Epping

13 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EppingDeclared for Rockingham County only
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$35K to the Town of Epping for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$18K to the Town of Epping for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$23K to the Town of Epping for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$5K to the Town of Epping for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

$5K to the Town of Epping for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$35K to the Town of Epping for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm

$37K to the Town of Epping for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

28 households applied for aid $91K aid approved $106K to the Town of Epping for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

44 households applied for aid $103K aid approved $54K to the Town of Epping for repairs
2005

Record Snow

$13K to the Town of Epping for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$14K to the Town of Epping for repairs
2003

Snow

$12K to the Town of Epping for repairs
2001

Snow

$25K to the Town of Epping for repairs
Rockingham County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Epping

Epping and the towns around it

Raymond: High, mostly inland floodingChester: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFremont: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCandia: Low, mostly inland floodingEpping: Moderate, mostly inland flooding EppingRaymond
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Raymondmostly inland floodingHigh
Eppingmostly 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. Epping covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Epping’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Epping. 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 Epping 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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