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Natural hazards · Belvidere

Belvidere, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Belvidere comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Belvidere?

44
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Belvidere to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding76%Cold waves7%Everything else17%
By hazard

What Belvidere faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 47% 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 Belvidere flood?

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

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Belvidere

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BelvidereDeclared for Lamoille County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

$306K to the Town of Belvidere for repairs
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $726K to the Town of Belvidere for repairs
2019

Severe Storm and Flooding

$234K to the Town of Belvidere for repairs
2014

Severe Storms and Flooding

$12K to the Town of Belvidere for repairs
2012

Severe Storm, Tornado, and Flooding

$63K to the Town of Belvidere for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$5K to the Town of Belvidere for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$14K to the Town of Belvidere for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the Town of Belvidere for repairs
2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$12K to the Town of Belvidere for repairs
2001

Snow

$861 to the Town of Belvidere for repairs
Lamoille County has had 35 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Belvidere

Belvidere and the towns around it

Montgomery: High, mostly inland floodingEden: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWaterville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBakersfield: Low, mostly inland floodingEnosburgh: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWestfield: Low, mostly inland floodingLowell: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRichford: High, mostly inland floodingJohnson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCraftsbury: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHyde Park: Very low, mostly inland floodingAlbany: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFletcher: Low, mostly inland floodingCambridge: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFairfield: Low, mostly inland floodingBelvidere: Moderate, mostly inland flooding BelvidereMontgomeryEdenWatervilleBakersfield
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Montgomerymostly inland floodingHigh
Belvideremostly inland floodingModerate
Edenmostly inland floodingModerate
Watervillemostly inland floodingModerate
Bakersfieldmostly 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. Belvidere 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 Belvidere’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Belvidere. 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.

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