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Natural hazards · Bennington

Bennington, NY natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bennington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2017. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bennington?

36
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bennington to be higher than in 36% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Everything else29%
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.

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bennington flood?

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

1paid claims since 2017
$23Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20172026
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: Wyoming County.
Disasters that hit Bennington

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BenningtonDeclared for Wyoming County only
2014

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$25K to the Town of Bennington for repairs
2011

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

$6K to the Town of Bennington for repairs
2001

Snow

$8K to the Town of Bennington for repairs
1999

Snow

$6K to the Town of Bennington for repairs
Wyoming County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.
Around Bennington

Bennington and the towns around it

Attica: Low, mostly inland floodingDarien: Low, mostly inland floodingSheldon: Low, mostly inland floodingWales: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMarilla: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAlden: Very low, mostly inland floodingAlexander: Low, mostly inland floodingOrangeville: Low, mostly inland floodingMiddlebury: Low, mostly inland floodingPembroke: Low, mostly inland floodingJava: Very low, mostly inland floodingAurora: Low, mostly inland floodingHolland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingElma: Low, mostly inland floodingNewstead: Low, mostly inland floodingLancaster: Very low, mostly inland floodingBennington: Low, mostly inland flooding BenningtonAtticaDarienSheldonWalesMarillaAlden
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Walesmostly inland floodingModerate
Marillamostly inland floodingModerate
Benningtonmostly inland floodingLow
Atticamostly inland floodingLow
Sheldonmostly inland floodingLow
Darienmostly inland floodingLow
Aldenmostly inland floodingVery low
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 covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bennington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Bennington. 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 Bennington total about $916K 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.

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