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Natural hazards · Piermont

Piermont, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Piermont comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Piermont?

85
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Piermont to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding89%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Piermont faces

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

Inland flooding

89% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% 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 Piermont flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Piermont 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 Piermont

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PiermontDeclared for Grafton County only
2017

Severe Storms and Flooding

$48K to the Town of Piermont for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$3K to the Town of Piermont for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$13K to the Town of Piermont for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$77K to the Town of Piermont for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $730 aid approved
Grafton County has had 32 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Piermont

Piermont and the towns around it

Bradford: Low, mostly inland floodingHaverhill: High, mostly inland floodingOrford: Very high, mostly inland floodingWarren: Very high, mostly inland floodingWentworth: Very high, mostly inland floodingBenton: Very high, mostly inland floodingNewbury: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCorinth: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFairlee: High, mostly inland floodingWest Fairlee: High, mostly inland floodingNewbury: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBath: High, mostly inland floodingWells River: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLyme: Very high, mostly inland floodingEllsworth: High, mostly inland floodingRumney: High, mostly inland floodingDorchester: Very high, mostly inland floodingWoodstock: Very high, mostly inland floodingLandaff: High, mostly inland floodingPiermont: Very high, mostly inland flooding PiermontBradfordHaverhillOrfordWarrenWentworthBenton
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Warrenmostly inland floodingVery high
Bentonmostly inland floodingVery high
Piermontmostly inland floodingVery high
Orfordmostly inland floodingVery high
Wentworthmostly inland floodingVery high
Haverhillmostly inland floodingHigh
Bradfordmostly 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. Piermont is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Piermont’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Piermont. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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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