Natural hazards · Rindge

Rindge, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rindge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2021. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rindge?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rindge to be higher than in 25% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding52%Hurricanes12%Tornadoes9%Cold waves8%Lightning5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Rindge faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong wind

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 Rindge flood?

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

1paid claims since 2021

$1Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20212026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cheshire County.

Disasters that hit Rindge

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RindgeDeclared for Cheshire County only

2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$22K to the Town of Rindge for repairs

2012

Hurricane Sandy

$16K to the Town of Rindge for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm

$421K to the Town of Rindge for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$59K to the Town of Rindge for repairs

Cheshire County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Rindge

Rindge and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Jaffreymostly inland floodingModerate

New Ipswichmostly inland floodingModerate

Winchendonmostly inland floodingModerate

Fitzwilliammostly inland floodingModerate

Rindgemostly 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. Rindge covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Rindge’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Rindge. 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 Rindge total about $1.4M 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.