Studies and Data

FEMA Flood Insurance Studies, which accompany the floodplain maps, and other flood studies and data developed by other federal and state agencies.

A Flood Insurance Study (FIS) is developed in conjunction with the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM). The FIS contains a narrative of the flood history of a community and discusses the engineering methods used to develop the FIRMs. The study also contains flood profiles for studied flooding sources and can be used to determine Base Flood Elevations for some areas.

All FISs can be viewed and downloaded from FEMA's Map Service Center.

Technical and administrative support data associated with an FIS and FIRM are typically available for download through FEMA’s Flood Risk Studies Engineering Library (FRISEL). For additional assistance, contact the FEMA Mapping and Insurance eXchange.

NH Flood Studies and Data

Preliminary Stage and Streamflow Data for April 2019 Flooding (USGS):

• Preliminary Stage and Streamflow Data at Selected USGS Streamgages in New England for the Floods of April 2019

Preliminary Stage and Streamflow Data in Maine and NH for October 2017 Flooding (USGS)

• Preliminary stage and streamflow data at selected U.S. Geological Survey streamgages in Maine and New Hampshire for the flood of October 30–31, 2017

Suncook River Studies

• Flood-Inundation Map Web-Based Tool for the Suncook River for Chichester, Epsom, Allenstown, and Pembroke
• Flood-Inundation Report for the Suncook River in Epsom, Pembroke, Allenstown, and Chichester, NH (USGS SIM 3196)
• Analysis of the Transport of Sediment by the Suncook River in Epsom, Pembroke, and Allenstown, New Hampshire, after the May 2006 Flood (USGS Report 2011-5088)
• Flood Study of Suncook River in Epsom, Pembroke, and Allenstown, NH (USGS Report 2010-5127)
• Suncook River Geomorphology-based Restoration Alternatives Analysis Final Report  (May 2008)

USGS Estimation of Flood Discharges at Selected Recurrence Intervals for Streams in NH

• USGS Scientific Investigations Report (2008-5206)
• NH StreamStats - an online application providing automated regression-equation solutions for user-selected sites on streams.

Comprehensive Flood Management Study Commission (NH House Bill 648)

• Final Report (September 2008)

April 2007 Flood Data

• Flood of April 2007 in New Hampshire (USGS Report 2008-5120)

May 2006 Flood Report

• Flood of May 2006 in New Hampshire (USGS Report 2007-1122)

October 2005 Flood Report and Data

• Flood Study of Warren Brook in Alstead and Cold River in Alstead, Langdon, and Walpole, NH, 2005 (USGS Report 2006-1313)

• Flood of October 8 and 9, 2005, on Cold River in Walpole, Langdon, and Alstead and on Warren Brook in Alstead, New Hampshire (USGS Report 2006-1221)