Natural hazards · Pittsburg

Pittsburg, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pittsburg comes from avalanches, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1981. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Pittsburg?

70
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pittsburg to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from avalanches and inland flooding.

Avalanches77%Inland flooding16%Cold waves5%Everything else2%
By hazard

What Pittsburg faces

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

Avalanches

77% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Pittsburg flood?

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

1paid claims since 1981
$4Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19812026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Pittsburg isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Coos County.
Disasters that hit Pittsburg

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PittsburgDeclared for Coos County only
2024

Severe Storm and Flooding

$27K to the Town of Pittsburg for repairs
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$5K to the Town of Pittsburg for repairs
2017

Severe Storms and Flooding

$23K to the Town of Pittsburg for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$24K to the Town of Pittsburg for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$55K to the Town of Pittsburg for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$21K to the Town of Pittsburg for repairs
2005

Record Snow

$5K to the Town of Pittsburg for repairs
2003

Snow

$6K to the Town of Pittsburg for repairs
2001

Snow

$4K to the Town of Pittsburg for repairs
Coos County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Pittsburg

Pittsburg and the towns around it

Clarksville: High, mostly avalanchesCanaan: High, mostly inland floodingStewartstown: High, mostly avalanchesColebrook: Very high, mostly avalanchesLemington: High, mostly inland floodingPittsburg: High, mostly avalanches PittsburgClarksvilleCanaan
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Pittsburgmostly avalanchesHigh
Clarksvillemostly avalanchesHigh
Canaanmostly 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. Pittsburg covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pittsburg’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Pittsburg. 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 Pittsburg total about $6.0M 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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