Natural hazards · Rockingham

Rockingham, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rockingham comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1996. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rockingham?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rockingham to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Cold waves8%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Rockingham faces

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

Inland flooding

78% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Rockingham flood?

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

4paid claims since 1996

$285Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19962026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 3 claims, $252K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Windham County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Rockingham

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RockinghamDeclared for Windham County only

2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$76K to the Town of Rockingham for repairs

2021

Severe Storm and Flooding

$549K to the Town of Rockingham for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $2.0M to the Town of Rockingham for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm

$21K to the Town of Rockingham for repairs

2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

$9K to the Town of Rockingham for repairs

2001

Snow

$11K to the Town of Rockingham for repairs

1999

Tropical Storm Floyd

$11K to the Town of Rockingham for repairs

Windham County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Rockingham

Rockingham and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bellows Fallsmostly inland floodingHigh

Rockinghammostly inland floodingHigh

Graftonmostly inland floodingHigh

Walpolemostly inland floodingModerate

Charlestownmostly inland floodingModerate

Springfieldmostly inland floodingLow

Westminstermostly 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. Rockingham covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Rockingham’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Rockingham. 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 Rockingham total about $2.3M 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.