Natural hazards · Springfield

Springfield, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Springfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Springfield?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Springfield to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding81%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Springfield faces

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

Inland flooding

81% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once 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 Springfield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sullivan County.

Disasters that hit Springfield

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SpringfieldDeclared for Sullivan County only

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$11K to the Town of Springfield for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm

$19K to the Town of Springfield for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$61K to the Town of Springfield for repairs

2005

Record Snow

$5K to the Town of Springfield for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$3K to the Town of Springfield for repairs

2003

Snow

$3K to the Town of Springfield for repairs

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

Around Springfield

Springfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Graftonmostly inland floodingVery high

Wilmotmostly inland floodingVery high

Springfieldmostly inland floodingHigh

Granthammostly inland floodingHigh

Croydonmostly inland floodingHigh

Sunapeemostly inland floodingModerate

New Londonmostly inland floodingVery low

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