Natural hazards · Alburgh

Alburgh, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Alburgh comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Alburgh?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Alburgh to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding81%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Alburgh faces

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

Inland flooding

81% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Alburgh flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Grand Isle County.

Disasters that hit Alburgh

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AlburghDeclared for Grand Isle County only

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

58 households applied for aid $82K aid approved

Grand Isle County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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. Alburgh 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 Alburgh’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Alburgh. 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.