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Natural hazards · Greenland

Greenland, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greenland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 2006. 14 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Greenland?

16
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Greenland to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Hurricanes10%Earthquakes9%Everything else19%
By hazard

What Greenland faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Greenland flood?

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

12paid claims since 2006
$290Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
20062026

Biggest named events

  • March 2010 Nor'easter: 2 claims, $52K

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. Greenland 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 Greenland

14 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreenlandDeclared for Rockingham County only
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$28K to the Town of Greenland for repairs
2018

Severe Storm and Flooding

$12K to the Town of Greenland for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$35K to the Town of Greenland for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$29K to the Town of Greenland for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$8K to the Town of Greenland for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$30K to the Town of Greenland for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$37K to the Town of Greenland for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm

$62K to the Town of Greenland for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved $21K to the Town of Greenland for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

35 households applied for aid $62K aid approved $14K to the Town of Greenland for repairs
2005

Record Snow

$22K to the Town of Greenland for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$18K to the Town of Greenland for repairs
2003

Snow

$8K to the Town of Greenland for repairs
2001

Snow

$13K to the Town of Greenland for repairs
Rockingham County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Greenland

Greenland and the towns around it

Newington: Very low, mostly inland floodingStratham: Low, mostly inland floodingRye: High, mostly inland floodingNorth Hampton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNewmarket: High, mostly inland floodingPortsmouth: Low, mostly inland floodingDurham: Low, mostly inland floodingEliot: Low, mostly inland floodingDover: Moderate, mostly inland floodingExeter: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNewfields: Low, mostly inland floodingNew Castle: Very low, mostly inland floodingKittery: Low, mostly inland floodingHampton: Very high, mostly coastal floodingLee: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGreenland: Very low, mostly inland flooding GreenlandNewingtonStrathamRyeNorth HamptonNewmarketPortsmouth
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Newmarketmostly inland floodingHigh
Ryemostly inland floodingHigh
North Hamptonmostly inland floodingModerate
Strathammostly inland floodingLow
Portsmouthmostly inland floodingLow
Greenlandmostly inland floodingVery low
Newingtonmostly inland floodingVery low
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. Greenland covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Greenland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Greenland. 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 Greenland total about $1.4M 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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