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Natural hazards · Tuftonboro

Tuftonboro, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tuftonboro comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1984. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Tuftonboro?

53
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tuftonboro to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding66%Hurricanes20%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Tuftonboro faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

20% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Tuftonboro flood?

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

1paid claims since 1984
$5Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19842026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Tuftonboro isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Carroll County.
Disasters that hit Tuftonboro

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TuftonboroDeclared for Carroll County only
2024

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$26K to the Town of Tuftonboro for repairs
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$118K to the Town of Tuftonboro for repairs
2017

Severe Winter Storm

$12K to the Town of Tuftonboro for repairs
2012

Hurricane Sandy

$4K to the Town of Tuftonboro for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$52K to the Town of Tuftonboro for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$9K to the Town of Tuftonboro for repairs
Carroll County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Tuftonboro

Tuftonboro and the towns around it

Moultonborough: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWolfeboro: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAlton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOssipee: High, mostly inland floodingSandwich: High, mostly inland floodingCenter Harbor: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTamworth: High, mostly inland floodingBrookfield: High, mostly inland floodingGilford: Low, mostly inland floodingNew Durham: Low, mostly inland floodingBarnstead: High, mostly inland floodingGilmanton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFarmington: High, mostly inland floodingFreedom: High, mostly inland floodingEffingham: High, mostly inland floodingWakefield: High, mostly inland floodingTuftonboro: Moderate, mostly inland flooding TuftonboroMoultonboroughWolfeboroAltonOssipee
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Ossipeemostly inland floodingHigh
Tuftonboromostly inland floodingModerate
Moultonboroughmostly inland floodingModerate
Altonmostly inland floodingModerate
Wolfeboromostly inland floodingModerate
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. Tuftonboro covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Tuftonboro’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Tuftonboro. 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 Tuftonboro 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.

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