Natural hazards · Bennington

Bennington, ID natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bennington comes from avalanches, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bennington?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bennington to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from avalanches and inland flooding.

Avalanches45%Inland flooding22%Earthquakes19%Cold waves5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Bennington faces

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

Avalanches

45% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Earthquakes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTsunamis

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 Bennington flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Bennington.

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bear Lake County.

Disasters that hit Bennington

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Bear Lake County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Bennington itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into BenningtonDeclared for Bear Lake County only

Bear Lake County has had 2 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and droughts.

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. Bennington is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bennington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Bennington. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.