Natural hazards · Sharon

Sharon, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sharon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sharon?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sharon to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Hurricanes14%Tornadoes8%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Sharon faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 88 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Sharon flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hillsborough County.

Disasters that hit Sharon

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SharonDeclared for Hillsborough County only

2015

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$3K to the Town of Sharon for repairs

2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$2K to the Town of Sharon for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$5K to the Town of Sharon for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm

$50K to the Town of Sharon for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$43K to the Town of Sharon for repairs

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$7K to the Town of Sharon for repairs

2005

Record Snow

$1K to the Town of Sharon for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$761 to the Town of Sharon for repairs

2003

Snow

$4K to the Town of Sharon for repairs

2001

Snow

$774 to the Town of Sharon for repairs

Hillsborough County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Sharon

Sharon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Peterboroughmostly inland floodingHigh

Sharonmostly inland floodingLow

Templemostly 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. Sharon 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 Sharon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Sharon. 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.