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Natural hazards · Randolph

Randolph, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Randolph comes from avalanches, and overall the risk is 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 Randolph?

78
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Randolph to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from avalanches and inland flooding.

Avalanches65%Inland flooding26%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Randolph faces

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

Avalanches

65% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Randolph flood?

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

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

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RandolphDeclared for Coos County only
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$50K to the Town of Randolph for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$144K to the Town of Randolph for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Town of Randolph for repairs
2005

Record Snow

$5K to the Town of Randolph for repairs
2003

Snow

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

Randolph and the towns around it

Gorham: Very high, mostly avalanchesJefferson: High, mostly avalanchesBerlin: High, mostly avalanchesShelburne: Very high, mostly avalanchesCarroll: High, mostly avalanchesWhitefield: High, mostly avalanchesLancaster: Very high, mostly avalanchesRandolph: High, mostly avalanches RandolphGorhamJefferson
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Gorhammostly avalanchesVery high
Randolphmostly avalanchesHigh
Jeffersonmostly avalanchesHigh
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. Randolph 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 Randolph’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Randolph. 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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