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Natural hazards · Goshen

Goshen, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Goshen comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2005. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Goshen?

61
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Goshen to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Hurricanes5%Everything else20%
By hazard

What Goshen 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 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 13 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 Goshen flood?

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

2paid claims since 2005
$22Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20052026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Goshen isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Sullivan County.
Disasters that hit Goshen

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GoshenDeclared for Sullivan County only
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$7K to the Town of Goshen for repairs
2021

Severe Storm and Flooding

$919K to the Town of Goshen for repairs
2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$14K to the Town of Goshen for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$2K to the Town of Goshen for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$27K to the Town of Goshen for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm

$18K to the Town of Goshen for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$152K to the Town of Goshen for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $9K aid approved $18K to the Town of Goshen for repairs
2003

Snow

$4K to the Town of Goshen for repairs
2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

$5K to the Town of Goshen for repairs
Sullivan County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Goshen

Goshen and the towns around it

Newport: Very high, mostly inland floodingSunapee: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNewbury: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLempster: High, mostly inland floodingWashington: High, mostly inland floodingUnity: High, mostly inland floodingCroydon: High, mostly inland floodingClaremont: High, mostly inland floodingNew London: Very low, mostly inland floodingSpringfield: High, mostly inland floodingSutton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBradford: High, mostly inland floodingAcworth: High, mostly inland floodingMarlow: High, mostly inland floodingWindsor: High, mostly inland floodingHillsborough: High, mostly inland floodingStoddard: High, mostly inland floodingCharlestown: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGoshen: High, mostly inland flooding GoshenNewportSunapeeNewburyLempsterWashingtonUnity
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Newportmostly inland floodingVery high
Goshenmostly inland floodingHigh
Lempstermostly inland floodingHigh
Washingtonmostly inland floodingHigh
Unitymostly inland floodingHigh
Newburymostly inland floodingModerate
Sunapeemostly 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. Goshen is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Goshen’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Goshen. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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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