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Jackson, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jackson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2011. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Jackson?

84
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jackson to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding86%Hurricanes7%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Jackson faces

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

Inland flooding

86% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 15 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 Jackson flood?

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

2paid claims since 2011
$8Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20112026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $5K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Jackson isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Carroll County.
Disasters that hit Jackson

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JacksonDeclared for Carroll County only
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$62K to the Town of Jackson for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$11K to the Town of Jackson for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

9 households applied for aid $9K aid approved $72K to the Town of Jackson for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$60K to the Town of Jackson for repairs
Carroll County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Jackson

Jackson and the towns around it

Bartlett: Very high, mostly inland floodingChatham: High, mostly inland floodingConway: High, mostly inland floodingAlbany: High, mostly inland floodingHart's Location: Very high, mostly inland floodingStow: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFryeburg: Moderate, mostly inland floodingJackson: Very high, mostly inland flooding JacksonBartlettChatham
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Jacksonmostly inland floodingVery high
Bartlettmostly inland floodingVery high
Chathammostly inland floodingHigh
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. Jackson covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Jackson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Jackson. 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 Jackson total about $2.3M 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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