Photo: W.marsh · CC BY-SA 3.0Storms, floods and disasters in Campton
Campton isn’t graded for hazard risk: Campton has 272 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more.
What Campton faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Hail
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
Does Campton flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Campton. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
11 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Campton
Disasters that paid out in Campton itself (aid to households or repair grants to the City of Campton), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2025Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides3 households applied for aid$10K aid approved
- 2022Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides14 households applied for aid$119K aid approved$12K to the City of Campton for repairs
- 2021Severe, Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides11 households applied for aid$39K aid approved
- 2015Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslide13 households applied for aid$53K aid approved
- 2015Severe Winter Storms, Snowstorms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides$7K to the City of Campton for repairs
- 2012Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds and Flooding731 households applied for aid$350K aid approved$2K to the City of Campton for repairs
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- 2010Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Tornadoes4 households applied for aid$2K aid approved
- 2009Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding and Mudslides3 households applied for aid$45 aid approved
- 2009Severe Winter Storm and Flooding$12K to the City of Campton for repairs
- 2004Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Mudslides50 households applied for aid$60K aid approved
- 2003Severe Storms, Flooding, Mud and Rock Slides, and Tornadoes1 households applied for aid$343 aid approved
Wolfe County has had 28 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Park in a garage or under cover when storms are forecast.
- Stay away from windows while it falls.
- Photograph roof and car damage for your insurer.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Questions about natural hazards in Campton
Is Campton in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map.
How much is flood insurance in Campton?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Campton’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Campton?
By FEMA money that reached Campton, Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds and Flooding (2012): 731 households applied for aid, $350K approved, and $2K to the City of Campton for repairs.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Campton.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Campton’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.