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Hampton, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hampton comes from coastal flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 760 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 Hampton?

91
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hampton to be higher than in 91% of U.S. communities, mostly from coastal flooding and inland flooding.

Coastal flooding67%Inland flooding25%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Hampton faces

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

Coastal flooding

67% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Hampton flood?

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

760paid claims since 1978
$15.2Mpaid to owners
79homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • The “Halloween” storm: 103 claims, $1.1M
  • March 2010 Nor'easter: 4 claims, $9K

Homes that flooded again and again

Each house = 2 homes. ■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (14) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Hampton 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6homes raised above flood level
Disasters that hit Hampton

15 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HamptonDeclared for Rockingham County only
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

$381K to the Town of Hampton for repairs
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$65K to the Town of Hampton for repairs
2018

Severe Storm and Flooding

$130K to the Town of Hampton for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$42K to the Town of Hampton for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$42K to the Town of Hampton for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$9K to the Town of Hampton for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

$13K to the Town of Hampton for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$17K to the Town of Hampton for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$70K to the Town of Hampton for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm

$73K to the Town of Hampton for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

39 households applied for aid $55K aid approved $79K to the Town of Hampton for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

257 households applied for aid $348K aid approved $221K to the Town of Hampton for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$35K to the Town of Hampton for repairs
2003

Snow

$24K to the Town of Hampton for repairs
2001

Snow

$48K to the Town of Hampton for repairs
Rockingham County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Hampton

Hampton and the towns around it

Hampton Falls: Low, mostly inland floodingNorth Hampton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSeabrook: High, mostly inland floodingKensington: Low, mostly inland floodingRye: High, mostly inland floodingGreenland: Very low, mostly inland floodingStratham: Low, mostly inland floodingSalisbury: Very high, mostly coastal floodingSouth Hampton: Low, mostly inland floodingHampton: Very high, mostly coastal flooding HamptonHampton FallsNorth HamptonSeabrook
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Hamptonmostly coastal floodingVery high
Seabrookmostly inland floodingHigh
North Hamptonmostly inland floodingModerate
Hampton Fallsmostly 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. Hampton covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hampton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Hampton. 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 Hampton total about $13.8M 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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