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Natural hazards · Weare

Weare, NH natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Weare comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1996. 12 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Weare?

60
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Weare to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Hurricanes11%Tornadoes6%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Weare faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Weare flood?

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

7paid claims since 1996
$110Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
19962026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Weare 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 Weare

12 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WeareDeclared for Hillsborough County only
2015

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$32K to the Town of Weare for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$47K to the Town of Weare for repairs
2011

Severe Storm and Snowstorm

$24K to the Town of Weare for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$34K to the Town of Weare for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm

$61K to the Town of Weare for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

18 households applied for aid $28K aid approved $49K to the Town of Weare for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

46 households applied for aid $61K aid approved $199K to the Town of Weare for repairs
2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid
2005

Record Snow

$25K to the Town of Weare for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$22K to the Town of Weare for repairs
2003

Snow

$41K to the Town of Weare for repairs
2001

Snow

$19K to the Town of Weare for repairs
Hillsborough County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Weare

Weare and the towns around it

Dunbarton: Low, mostly inland floodingDeering: High, mostly inland floodingHenniker: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFrancestown: High, mostly inland floodingGoffstown: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHopkinton: High, mostly inland floodingBow: Low, mostly inland floodingHooksett: Low, mostly inland floodingAntrim: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHillsborough: High, mostly inland floodingBennington: High, mostly inland floodingGreenfield: Low, mostly inland floodingNew Boston: High, mostly inland floodingBedford: Low, mostly inland floodingManchester: Moderate, mostly inland floodingConcord: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWarner: High, mostly inland floodingWebster: High, mostly inland floodingWeare: High, mostly inland flooding WeareDunbartonDeeringHennikerFrancestownGoffstownHopkinton
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Hopkintonmostly inland floodingHigh
Wearemostly inland floodingHigh
Deeringmostly inland floodingHigh
Francestownmostly inland floodingHigh
Hennikermostly inland floodingModerate
Goffstownmostly inland floodingModerate
Dunbartonmostly 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. Weare covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Weare’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Weare. 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 Weare total about $2.7M 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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