Natural hazards · Corinth

Corinth, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Corinth comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1984. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Corinth?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Corinth to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Corinth faces

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

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Corinth flood?

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

2paid claims since 1984

$6Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19842026

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Corinth 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Corinth

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CorinthDeclared for Orange County only

2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

8 households applied for aid $18K aid approved $1.2M to the Town of Corinth for repairs

2017

Severe Storms and Flooding

$27K to the Town of Corinth for repairs

2014

Severe Storms and Flooding

$31K to the Town of Corinth for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

4 households applied for aid $42K aid approved $53K to the Town of Corinth for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$115K to the Town of Corinth for repairs

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

Around Corinth

Corinth and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Vershiremostly inland floodingHigh

Corinthmostly inland floodingModerate

Topshammostly inland floodingModerate

Washingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Orangemostly inland floodingModerate

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