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Natural hazards · Barnet

Barnet, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barnet comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1981. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Barnet?

37
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barnet to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Cold waves9%Hurricanes8%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Barnet faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Barnet flood?

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

9paid claims since 1981
$151Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19812026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Barnet isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Caledonia County.
Disasters that hit Barnet

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BarnetDeclared for Caledonia County only
2024

Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

56 households applied for aid $470K aid approved $2.0M to the Town of Barnet for repairs
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

6 households applied for aid $64K aid approved
2017

Severe Storms and Flooding

$275K to the Town of Barnet for repairs
2014

Severe Storms and Flooding

$12K to the Town of Barnet for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

5 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $55K to the Town of Barnet for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

23 households applied for aid $22K aid approved $721K to the Town of Barnet for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$30K to the Town of Barnet for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$41K to the Town of Barnet for repairs
2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$18K to the Town of Barnet for repairs
Caledonia County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Barnet

Barnet and the towns around it

Monroe: High, mostly inland floodingPeacham: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRyegate: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWaterford: Low, mostly inland floodingDanville: Low, mostly inland floodingSt. Johnsbury: Low, mostly inland floodingLittleton: Very high, mostly inland floodingBath: High, mostly inland floodingLyman: High, mostly inland floodingMarshfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGroton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCabot: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWells River: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNewbury: Moderate, mostly inland floodingConcord: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWheelock: Low, mostly inland floodingKirby: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLyndon: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDalton: High, mostly avalanchesBethlehem: High, mostly inland floodingLisbon: High, mostly inland floodingBarnet: Low, mostly inland flooding BarnetMonroePeachamRyegateWaterfordDanvilleSt. JohnsburyLittleton
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Littletonmostly inland floodingVery high
Monroemostly inland floodingHigh
Peachammostly inland floodingModerate
Ryegatemostly inland floodingModerate
Barnetmostly inland floodingLow
Waterfordmostly inland floodingLow
St. Johnsburymostly inland floodingLow
Danvillemostly inland floodingLow
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. Barnet covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Barnet’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Barnet. 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 Barnet total about $1.1M 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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