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Natural hazards · New Ipswich

New Ipswich, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Ipswich comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2008. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is New Ipswich?

41
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Ipswich to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding50%Tornadoes13%Hurricanes12%Cold waves6%Strong wind6%Everything else13%
By hazard

What New Ipswich faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 New Ipswich flood?

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

1paid claims since 2008
$955paid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20082026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. New Ipswich isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Hillsborough County.
Disasters that hit New Ipswich

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New IpswichDeclared for Hillsborough County only
2015

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$13K to the Town of New Ipswich for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$17K to the Town of New Ipswich for repairs
2011

Severe Storm and Snowstorm

$13K to the Town of New Ipswich for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm

$340K to the Town of New Ipswich for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

19 households applied for aid $20K aid approved $122K to the Town of New Ipswich for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$6K to the Town of New Ipswich for repairs
2005

Record Snow

$12K to the Town of New Ipswich for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$10K to the Town of New Ipswich for repairs
2003

Snow

$13K to the Town of New Ipswich for repairs
2001

Snow

$12K to the Town of New Ipswich for repairs
Hillsborough County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around New Ipswich

New Ipswich and the towns around it

Rindge: Low, mostly inland floodingMason: Low, mostly inland floodingGreenville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTemple: Low, mostly inland floodingJaffrey: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFitzwilliam: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWinchendon: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBrookline: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWilton: High, mostly inland floodingSharon: Low, mostly inland floodingPeterborough: High, mostly inland floodingLyndeborough: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNew Ipswich: Moderate, mostly inland flooding New IpswichRindgeMasonGreenvilleTemple
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Greenvillemostly inland floodingModerate
New Ipswichmostly inland floodingModerate
Templemostly inland floodingLow
Masonmostly inland floodingLow
Rindgemostly 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. New Ipswich covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to New Ipswich’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of New Ipswich. 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 New Ipswich total about $315K 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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