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Newton, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 17 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Newton?

17
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newton to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Tornadoes8%Earthquakes8%Hurricanes8%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Newton faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Newton flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Newton.

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

17 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewtonDeclared for Rockingham County only
2024

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$106K to the Town of Newton for repairs
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$251K to the Town of Newton for repairs
2018

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$32K to the Town of Newton for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$30K to the Town of Newton for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$22K to the Town of Newton for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$18K to the Town of Newton for repairs
2011

Severe Storm and Snowstorm

$36K to the Town of Newton for repairs
2011

Hurricane Irene

$9K to the Town of Newton for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$20K to the Town of Newton for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$67K to the Town of Newton for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm

$106K to the Town of Newton for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornado, and Flooding

$6K to the Town of Newton for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Newton for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

26 households applied for aid $41K aid approved $10K to the Town of Newton for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$8K to the Town of Newton for repairs
2003

Snow

$7K to the Town of Newton for repairs
2001

Snow

$7K to the Town of Newton for repairs
Rockingham County has had 30 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Newton

Newton and the towns around it

South Hampton: Low, mostly inland floodingKingston: Low, mostly inland floodingEast Kingston: Low, mostly inland floodingMerrimac: Low, mostly inland floodingPlaistow: Low, mostly inland floodingAmesbury: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSeabrook: High, mostly inland floodingKensington: Low, mostly inland floodingSalisbury: Very high, mostly coastal floodingExeter: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDanville: Low, mostly inland floodingBrentwood: Low, mostly inland floodingHampstead: Very low, mostly inland floodingWest Newbury: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHaverhill: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAtkinson: Low, mostly inland floodingNewton: Very low, mostly inland flooding NewtonSouth HamptonKingstonEast KingstonMerrimacPlaistow
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
East Kingstonmostly inland floodingLow
South Hamptonmostly inland floodingLow
Plaistowmostly inland floodingLow
Kingstonmostly inland floodingLow
Merrimacmostly inland floodingLow
Newtonmostly inland floodingVery low
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. Newton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Newton. 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 Newton total about $893K 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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