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Natural hazards · Craftsbury

Craftsbury, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Craftsbury comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Craftsbury?

54
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding80%Cold waves8%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Craftsbury 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 79% 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 Craftsbury flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Craftsbury 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 Craftsbury

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CraftsburyDeclared for Orleans County only
2024

Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

4 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $33K to the Town of Craftsbury for repairs
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

13 households applied for aid $101K aid approved $1.1M to the Town of Craftsbury for repairs
2019

Severe Storm and Flooding

$81K to the Town of Craftsbury for repairs
2014

Severe Winter Storm

$12K to the Town of Craftsbury for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$16K to the Town of Craftsbury for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$22K to the Town of Craftsbury for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$50K to the Town of Craftsbury for repairs
2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$16K to the Town of Craftsbury for repairs
2001

Snow

$4K to the Town of Craftsbury for repairs
1999

Tropical Storm Floyd

$6K to the Town of Craftsbury for repairs
Orleans County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Craftsbury

Craftsbury and the towns around it

Wolcott: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAlbany: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEden: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGreensboro: High, mostly inland floodingHyde Park: Very low, mostly inland floodingElmore: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHardwick: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLowell: Moderate, mostly inland floodingIrasburg: Moderate, mostly inland floodingJohnson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBelvidere: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMontgomery: High, mostly inland floodingGlover: High, mostly inland floodingWheelock: Low, mostly inland floodingStannard: Low, mostly inland floodingMorristown: Very low, mostly inland floodingHyde Park: Very low, mostly inland floodingCraftsbury: Moderate, mostly inland flooding CraftsburyWolcottAlbanyEdenGreensboroHyde Park
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Greensboromostly inland floodingHigh
Craftsburymostly inland floodingModerate
Albanymostly inland floodingModerate
Wolcottmostly inland floodingModerate
Edenmostly inland floodingModerate
Hyde Parkmostly 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. Craftsbury 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 Craftsbury’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Craftsbury. 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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