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Natural hazards · Lee

Lee, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lee comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1996. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Lee?

47
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lee to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Earthquakes5%Hurricanes5%Everything else17%
By hazard

What Lee faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

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 Lee flood?

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

12paid claims since 1996
$291Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
19962026

Biggest named events

  • March 2010 Nor'easter: 3 claims, $31K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Lee isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Strafford County.
Disasters that hit Lee

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LeeDeclared for Strafford County only
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$10K to the Town of Lee for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$7K to the Town of Lee for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$8K to the Town of Lee for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$8K to the Town of Lee for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$4K to the Town of Lee for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$13K to the Town of Lee for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm

$6K to the Town of Lee for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $19K aid approved $6K to the Town of Lee for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

38 households applied for aid $124K aid approved $23K to the Town of Lee for repairs
2003

Snow

$3K to the Town of Lee for repairs
Strafford County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Lee

Lee and the towns around it

Durham: Low, mostly inland floodingNottingham: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNewmarket: High, mostly inland floodingMadbury: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNewington: Very low, mostly inland floodingDeerfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBarrington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorthwood: Very low, mostly inland floodingNewfields: Low, mostly inland floodingStratham: Low, mostly inland floodingGreenland: Very low, mostly inland floodingDover: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLee: Moderate, mostly inland flooding LeeDurhamNottinghamNewmarketMadbury
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Newmarketmostly inland floodingHigh
Nottinghammostly inland floodingModerate
Leemostly inland floodingModerate
Madburymostly inland floodingModerate
Durhammostly 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. Lee covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lee’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lee. 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 Lee total about $1.7M 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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