Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domainStorms, floods and disasters in Newington
Newington isn’t graded for hazard risk: Newington has 939 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more.
What Newington 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
Hurricanes
Earthquakes
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 Newington flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Newington. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Newington isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Rockingham County.9 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Newington
Disasters that paid out in Newington itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Town of Newington), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2024Severe Winter Storm and Flooding$8K to the Town of Newington for repairs
- 2015Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm$13K to the Town of Newington for repairs
- 2013Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm$9K to the Town of Newington for repairs
- 2012Hurricane Sandy$3K to the Town of Newington for repairs
- 2010Severe Winter Storm$19K to the Town of Newington for repairs
- 2008Severe Winter Storm$48K to the Town of Newington for repairs
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- 2006Severe Storms and Flooding1 households applied for aid$348 aid approved
- 2003Snow$3K to the Town of Newington for repairs
- 2001Snow$5K to the Town of Newington for repairs
Rockingham County has had 29 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then winter storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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How expected damage per building compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenland | Aless damage than 87% | river and rain flooding | 12 |
| Portsmouth | B+less damage than 74% | river and rain flooding | 34 |
| Eliot | B+less damage than 69% | river and rain flooding | 8 |
| Durham | B+less damage than 66% | river and rain flooding | 11 |
| Dover | B−less damage than 51% | river and rain flooding | 32 |
| South Eliot | — | a Census area inside a town; graded with the town | |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Newington faces
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.
- The season runs June through November and peaks from mid-August to mid-October.
- Bring in porch furniture and anything the wind can throw.
- Fill the gas tank and charge phones before the storm arrives.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap tall furniture and the water heater to the wall.
- Know how to shut off the gas.
- 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 Newington
Is Newington 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. In Rockingham County, 37% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 2.2% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Newington?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Newington’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 Newington?
By FEMA money that reached Newington, Severe Winter Storm (2008): $48K to the Town of Newington for repairs.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Newington.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Newington’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.