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Natural hazards · Brattleboro

Brattleboro, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brattleboro comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 50 claims here since 2005. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Brattleboro?

47
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brattleboro to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding69%Cold waves10%Tornadoes6%Hurricanes5%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Brattleboro faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Brattleboro flood?

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

50paid claims since 2005
$2.3Mpaid to owners
5homes flooded more than once
20052026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 45 claims, $2.3M

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
🏷️ 05% off flood insurance. Brattleboro is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 9) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: Windham County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

12flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
1homes raised above flood level
Disasters that hit Brattleboro

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrattleboroDeclared for Windham County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

$235K to the Town of Brattleboro for repairs
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

25 households applied for aid $53K aid approved
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

319 households applied for aid $665K aid approved $1.5M to the Town of Brattleboro for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm

$9K to the Town of Brattleboro for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$31K to the Town of Brattleboro for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$66K to the Town of Brattleboro for repairs
2001

Snow

$22K to the Town of Brattleboro for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$34K to the Town of Brattleboro for repairs
1999

Tropical Storm Floyd

$8K to the Town of Brattleboro for repairs
Windham County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Brattleboro

Brattleboro and the towns around it

Chesterfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHinsdale: High, mostly inland floodingDummerston: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGuilford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingVernon: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMarlboro: Low, mostly inland floodingWestmoreland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSwanzey: High, mostly inland floodingWinchester: Very high, mostly inland floodingPutney: Low, mostly inland floodingNewfane: High, mostly inland floodingHalifax: Low, mostly inland floodingLeyden: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDover: Very low, mostly inland floodingBrattleboro: Moderate, mostly inland flooding BrattleboroChesterfieldHinsdaleDummerstonGuilfordVernonMarlboro
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Hinsdalemostly inland floodingHigh
Chesterfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Dummerstonmostly inland floodingModerate
Brattleboromostly inland floodingModerate
Guilfordmostly inland floodingModerate
Vernonmostly inland floodingModerate
Marlboromostly 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. Brattleboro covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Brattleboro’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Brattleboro. 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 Brattleboro total about $4.7M 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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