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Natural hazards · Brownington

Brownington, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brownington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2011. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Brownington?

56
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brownington to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding80%Cold waves8%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Brownington faces

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

Inland flooding

80% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% 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 Brownington flood?

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

4paid claims since 2011
$321Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20112026

Biggest named events

  • Vermont/New York Flooding: 2 claims, $130K
  • Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $134K
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Brownington 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 Brownington

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrowningtonDeclared for Orleans County only
2024

Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

3 households applied for aid $33K aid approved $59K to the Town of Brownington for repairs
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

10 households applied for aid $32K aid approved
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

1 household applied for aid $860K to the Town of Brownington for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $117K to the Town of Brownington for repairs
2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$15K to the Town of Brownington for repairs
2001

Snow

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

Brownington and the towns around it

Barton: High, mostly inland floodingCoventry: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDerby: Low, mostly inland floodingSheffield: Low, mostly inland floodingSutton: Low, mostly inland floodingIrasburg: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWestmore: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGlover: High, mostly inland floodingNewport: Low, mostly inland floodingNewport: Low, mostly inland floodingCharleston: High, mostly inland floodingHolland: High, mostly inland floodingBrownington: Moderate, mostly inland flooding BrowningtonBartonCoventryDerby
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Bartonmostly inland floodingHigh
Browningtonmostly inland floodingModerate
Coventrymostly inland floodingModerate
Derbymostly 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. Brownington covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Brownington’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Brownington. 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 Brownington total about $1.1M 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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