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Natural hazards · Newport

Newport, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1979. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Newport?

80
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newport to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Newport faces

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

Inland flooding

85% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Newport flood?

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

9paid claims since 1979
$850Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19792026

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

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewportDeclared for Sullivan County only
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$387K to the Town of Newport for repairs
2021

Severe Storm and Flooding

$120K to the Town of Newport for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$13K to the Town of Newport for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm

$50K to the Town of Newport for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$128K to the Town of Newport for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $7K aid approved $27K to the Town of Newport for repairs
2003

Snow

$8K to the Town of Newport for repairs
2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Town of Newport for repairs
Sullivan County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Newport

Newport and the towns around it

Croydon: High, mostly inland floodingClaremont: High, mostly inland floodingGoshen: High, mostly inland floodingUnity: High, mostly inland floodingCornish: High, mostly inland floodingGrantham: High, mostly inland floodingSunapee: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSpringfield: High, mostly inland floodingWeathersfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCharlestown: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNewbury: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLempster: High, mostly inland floodingWashington: High, mostly inland floodingAcworth: High, mostly inland floodingNewport: Very high, mostly inland flooding NewportCroydonClaremontGoshenUnity
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Newportmostly inland floodingVery high
Croydonmostly inland floodingHigh
Goshenmostly inland floodingHigh
Unitymostly inland floodingHigh
Claremontmostly 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. Newport covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Newport. 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 Newport total about $2.9M 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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