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Natural hazards · Coventry

Coventry, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Coventry comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2011. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Coventry?

56
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding80%Cold waves8%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Coventry 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 Coventry flood?

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

4paid claims since 2011
$321Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
20112026

Biggest named events

  • Vermont/New York Flooding: 2 claims, $130K
  • Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $134K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Coventry 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Coventry

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CoventryDeclared for Orleans County only
2024

Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

11 households applied for aid $47K aid approved $811K to the Town of Coventry for repairs
2019

Severe Storm and Flooding

$25K to the Town of Coventry for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storms

$6K to the Town of Coventry for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

3 households applied for aid $14K aid approved $18K to the Town of Coventry for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$27K to the Town of Coventry for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$50K to the Town of Coventry for repairs
2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$35K to the Town of Coventry for repairs
2001

Snow

$3K to the Town of Coventry for repairs
Orleans County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Coventry

Coventry and the towns around it

Newport: Low, mostly inland floodingBrownington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNewport: Low, mostly inland floodingIrasburg: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDerby: Low, mostly inland floodingTroy: Low, mostly inland floodingBarton: High, mostly inland floodingAlbany: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLowell: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCharleston: High, mostly inland floodingHolland: High, mostly inland floodingCoventry: Moderate, mostly inland flooding CoventryNewportBrowningtonNewportIrasburgDerby
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Coventrymostly inland floodingModerate
Browningtonmostly inland floodingModerate
Irasburgmostly inland floodingModerate
Newportmostly inland floodingLow
Derbymostly inland floodingLow
Newportmostly 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. Coventry 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 Coventry’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Coventry. 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.

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