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Natural hazards · Hooksett

Hooksett, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hooksett comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 21 claims here since 1987. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Hooksett?

36
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hooksett to be higher than in 36% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding56%Hurricanes16%Tornadoes6%Everything else23%
By hazard

What Hooksett faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

16% 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 44% 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 Hooksett flood?

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

21paid claims since 1987
$1.2Mpaid to owners
4homes flooded more than once
19872026

Biggest named events

  • March 2010 Nor'easter: 2 claims, $108K

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

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HooksettDeclared for Merrimack County only
2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$55K to the Town of Hooksett for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$3K to the Town of Hooksett for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$15K to the Town of Hooksett for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm

$40K to the Town of Hooksett for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$99K to the Town of Hooksett for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $15K aid approved $79K to the Town of Hooksett for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

93 households applied for aid $131K aid approved $166K to the Town of Hooksett for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$19K to the Town of Hooksett for repairs
2003

Snow

$38K to the Town of Hooksett for repairs
2001

Snow

$21K to the Town of Hooksett for repairs
Merrimack County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Hooksett

Hooksett and the towns around it

Manchester: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAllenstown: High, mostly inland floodingAuburn: Low, mostly inland floodingCandia: Low, mostly inland floodingBow: Low, mostly inland floodingDunbarton: Low, mostly inland floodingDeerfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBedford: Low, mostly inland floodingLondonderry: Low, mostly inland floodingGoffstown: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMerrimack: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLitchfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPembroke: High, mostly inland floodingEpsom: High, mostly inland floodingChester: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRaymond: High, mostly inland floodingConcord: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHopkinton: High, mostly inland floodingWeare: High, mostly inland floodingNorthwood: Very low, mostly inland floodingNottingham: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHooksett: Low, mostly inland flooding HooksettManchesterAllenstownAuburnCandiaBowDunbartonDeerfield
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Allenstownmostly inland floodingHigh
Manchestermostly inland floodingModerate
Deerfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Candiamostly inland floodingLow
Auburnmostly inland floodingLow
Bowmostly inland floodingLow
Hooksettmostly 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. Hooksett covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hooksett’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Hooksett. 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 Hooksett total about $3.2M 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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