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Natural hazards · Goffstown

Goffstown, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Goffstown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 119 claims here since 1978. 15 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Goffstown?

48
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Goffstown to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Hurricanes14%Tornadoes6%Everything else17%
By hazard

What Goffstown 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 61% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce 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 Goffstown flood?

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

119paid claims since 1978
$3.5Mpaid to owners
25homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • March 2010 Nor'easter: 1 claim, $6K

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. Goffstown isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Hillsborough County.
Disasters that hit Goffstown

15 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GoffstownDeclared for Hillsborough County only
2015

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$47K to the Town of Goffstown for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$61K to the Town of Goffstown for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$9K to the Town of Goffstown for repairs
2011

Severe Storm and Snowstorm

$61K to the Town of Goffstown for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

$8K to the Town of Goffstown for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$73K to the Town of Goffstown for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm

$96K to the Town of Goffstown for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$75K to the Town of Goffstown for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

69 households applied for aid $113K aid approved $89K to the Town of Goffstown for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

266 households applied for aid $456K aid approved $897K to the Town of Goffstown for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $248K to the Town of Goffstown for repairs
2005

Record Snow

$26K to the Town of Goffstown for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$33K to the Town of Goffstown for repairs
2003

Snow

$57K to the Town of Goffstown for repairs
2001

Snow

$30K to the Town of Goffstown for repairs
Hillsborough County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Goffstown

Goffstown and the towns around it

New Boston: High, mostly inland floodingBedford: Low, mostly inland floodingDunbarton: Low, mostly inland floodingManchester: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWeare: High, mostly inland floodingFrancestown: High, mostly inland floodingAmherst: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMerrimack: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBow: Low, mostly inland floodingHopkinton: High, mostly inland floodingHooksett: Low, mostly inland floodingLondonderry: Low, mostly inland floodingAuburn: Low, mostly inland floodingLitchfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDeering: High, mostly inland floodingHenniker: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGoffstown: Moderate, mostly inland flooding GoffstownNew BostonBedfordDunbartonManchesterWeare
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
New Bostonmostly inland floodingHigh
Wearemostly inland floodingHigh
Manchestermostly inland floodingModerate
Goffstownmostly inland floodingModerate
Bedfordmostly inland floodingLow
Dunbartonmostly 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. Goffstown covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Goffstown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Goffstown. 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 Goffstown total about $4.3M 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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