Natural hazards · Brookfield

Brookfield, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brookfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brookfield?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding77%Cold waves5%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Brookfield 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 Brookfield flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Brookfield 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 Brookfield

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrookfieldDeclared for Orange County only

2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

$78K to the Town of Brookfield for repairs

2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

30 households applied for aid $130K aid approved $1.1M to the Town of Brookfield for repairs

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

$49K to the Town of Brookfield for repairs

2017

Severe Storms and Flooding

$74K to the Town of Brookfield for repairs

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$25K to the Town of Brookfield for repairs

2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$215K to the Town of Brookfield for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

8 households applied for aid $50K aid approved $63K to the Town of Brookfield for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$216K to the Town of Brookfield for repairs

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

Around Brookfield

Brookfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Chelseamostly inland floodingHigh

Brookfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Braintreemostly 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. Brookfield 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 Brookfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Brookfield. 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.