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Natural hazards · Barton

Barton, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1994. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Barton?

77
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barton to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding86%Cold waves6%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Barton faces

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

Inland flooding

86% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Barton flood?

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

7paid claims since 1994
$51Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19942026

Biggest named events

  • Vermont/New York Flooding: 1 claim, $28K
  • Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $8K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

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

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BartonDeclared for Orleans County only
2024

Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$853K to the Town of Barton for repairs
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$1.6M to the Town of Barton for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storms

$9K to the Town of Barton for repairs
2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$20K to the Town of Barton for repairs
2012

Severe Storm, Tornado, and Flooding

$4K to the Town of Barton for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$6K to the Town of Barton for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$19K to the Town of Barton for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$15K to the Town of Barton for repairs
2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$232K to the Town of Barton for repairs
2001

Snow

$5K to the Town of Barton for repairs
1999

Tropical Storm Floyd

$4K to the Town of Barton for repairs
Orleans County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Barton

Barton and the towns around it

Brownington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSheffield: Low, mostly inland floodingSutton: Low, mostly inland floodingIrasburg: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWestmore: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGlover: High, mostly inland floodingCoventry: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDerby: Low, mostly inland floodingWheelock: Low, mostly inland floodingBurke: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNewark: Low, mostly inland floodingLyndon: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAlbany: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLowell: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCharleston: High, mostly inland floodingGreensboro: High, mostly inland floodingBarton: High, mostly inland flooding BartonBrowningtonSheffieldSuttonIrasburgWestmoreGlover
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Bartonmostly inland floodingHigh
Glovermostly inland floodingHigh
Browningtonmostly inland floodingModerate
Westmoremostly inland floodingModerate
Irasburgmostly inland floodingModerate
Sheffieldmostly inland floodingLow
Suttonmostly 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. Barton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Barton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Barton. 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 Barton total about $1.6M 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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