Natural hazards · Braintree

Braintree, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Braintree comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2011. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Braintree?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Braintree to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Cold waves5%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Braintree faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 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 Braintree flood?

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

2paid claims since 2011

$60Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20112026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 2 claims, $60K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Orange County.

Disasters that hit Braintree

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BraintreeDeclared for Orange County only

2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

3 households applied for aid $35K to the Town of Braintree for repairs

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

$75K to the Town of Braintree for repairs

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$5K to the Town of Braintree for repairs

2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$81K to the Town of Braintree for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

39 households applied for aid $220K aid approved $1.9M to the Town of Braintree for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$19K to the Town of Braintree for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$144K to the Town of Braintree for repairs

2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$32K to the Town of Braintree for repairs

1999

Tropical Storm Floyd

$9K to the Town of Braintree for repairs

Orange County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Braintree

Braintree and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Rochestermostly inland floodingHigh

Bethelmostly inland floodingHigh

Granvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Braintreemostly inland floodingModerate

Brookfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Roxburymostly inland floodingLow

Randolphmostly 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. Braintree covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Braintree’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Braintree. 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 Braintree total about $948K 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.