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Natural hazards · Clarendon

Clarendon, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clarendon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2011. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Clarendon?

22
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clarendon to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Cold waves8%Everything else20%
By hazard

What Clarendon faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 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 Clarendon flood?

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

1paid claims since 2011
$4Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20112026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $4K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Clarendon isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Rutland County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Clarendon

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClarendonDeclared for Rutland County only
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$6K to the Town of Clarendon for repairs
2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

$21K to the Town of Clarendon for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

1 household applied for aid $788 aid approved $3K to the Town of Clarendon for repairs
2001

Snow

$7K to the Town of Clarendon for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$33K to the Town of Clarendon for repairs
Rutland County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Clarendon

Clarendon and the towns around it

Wallingford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRutland: Very low, mostly inland floodingIra: Moderate, mostly inland floodingShrewsbury: Very low, mostly inland floodingTinmouth: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMount Holly: Moderate, mostly inland floodingProctor: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWest Rutland: Low, mostly inland floodingMendon: Very low, mostly inland floodingPittsford: Low, mostly inland floodingChittenden: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCastleton: Low, mostly inland floodingPoultney: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMiddletown Springs: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPlymouth: High, mostly inland floodingDanby: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWells: Moderate, mostly inland floodingClarendon: Low, mostly inland flooding ClarendonWallingfordRutlandIraShrewsburyTinmouth
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Wallingfordmostly inland floodingModerate
Iramostly inland floodingModerate
Tinmouthmostly inland floodingModerate
Clarendonmostly inland floodingLow
Shrewsburymostly inland floodingVery low
Rutlandmostly inland floodingVery low
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. Clarendon covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Clarendon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Clarendon. 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 Clarendon total about $777K 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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