Natural hazards · Rumney

Rumney, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rumney comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rumney?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rumney to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding85%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Rumney faces

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

Inland flooding

85% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% 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 Rumney flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Rumney 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 Rumney

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RumneyDeclared for Grafton County only

2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$17K to the Town of Rumney for repairs

2022

Severe Storm and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Rumney for repairs

2019

Severe Storm and Flooding

$17K to the Town of Rumney for repairs

2017

Severe Storms and Flooding

$51K to the Town of Rumney for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

20 households applied for aid $107K aid approved $60K to the Town of Rumney for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $248 aid approved $32K to the Town of Rumney for repairs

2001

Snow

$2K to the Town of Rumney for repairs

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

Around Rumney

Rumney and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Camptonmostly inland floodingVery high

Wentworthmostly inland floodingVery high

Grotonmostly inland floodingVery high

Dorchestermostly inland floodingVery high

Rumneymostly inland floodingHigh

Ellsworthmostly inland floodingHigh

Plymouthmostly 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. Rumney covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Rumney’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Rumney. 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 Rumney total about $948K 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.