Natural hazards · Orange

Orange, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Orange comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Orange?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Orange to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding83%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Orange faces

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

Inland flooding

83% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Orange flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Orange isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Grafton County.

Disasters that hit Orange

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OrangeDeclared for Grafton County only

2019

Severe Storm and Flooding

$925K to the Town of Orange for repairs

2017

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Orange for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

4 households applied for aid $15K aid approved $168K to the Town of Orange for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$5K to the Town of Orange for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$14K to the Town of Orange for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$61K to the Town of Orange for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$17K to the Town of Orange for repairs

2005

Record Snow

$2K to the Town of Orange for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$2K to the Town of Orange for repairs

2003

Snow

$2K to the Town of Orange for repairs

2001

Snow

$3K to the Town of Orange for repairs

Grafton County has had 32 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Orange

Orange and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Orangemostly inland floodingVery high

Alexandriamostly inland floodingVery high

Graftonmostly inland floodingVery high

Grotonmostly inland floodingVery high

Dorchestermostly inland floodingVery high

Canaanmostly inland floodingVery high

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. Orange covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Orange’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Orange. 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 Orange 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.