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Natural hazards · Duxbury

Duxbury, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Duxbury comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1982. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Duxbury?

66
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Duxbury to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding80%Landslides5%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Duxbury 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 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Landslides

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesStrong 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 Duxbury flood?

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

11paid claims since 1982
$648Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19822026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 5 claims, $536K
  • Vermont/New York Flooding: 1 claim, $69K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Duxbury isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Washington County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

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

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DuxburyDeclared for Washington County only
2024

Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

10 households applied for aid $101K aid approved $562K to the Town of Duxbury for repairs
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

$353K to the Town of Duxbury for repairs
2017

Severe Storms and Flooding

$582K to the Town of Duxbury for repairs
2014

Severe Storms and Flooding

$168K to the Town of Duxbury for repairs
2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$47K to the Town of Duxbury for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

5 households applied for aid $36K aid approved $630K to the Town of Duxbury for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$811K to the Town of Duxbury for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$73K to the Town of Duxbury for repairs
Washington County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Duxbury

Duxbury and the towns around it

Waterbury: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBolton: Low, mostly inland floodingFayston: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMoretown: High, mostly inland floodingHuntington: High, mostly inland floodingMiddlesex: Low, mostly inland floodingStowe: Low, mostly inland floodingRichmond: High, mostly inland floodingJericho: Very low, mostly inland floodingWaitsfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWarren: Low, mostly inland floodingLincoln: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBerlin: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorthfield: High, mostly inland floodingStarksboro: Low, mostly inland floodingDuxbury: High, mostly inland flooding DuxburyWaterburyBoltonFaystonMoretownHuntington
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Huntingtonmostly inland floodingHigh
Duxburymostly inland floodingHigh
Moretownmostly inland floodingHigh
Waterburymostly inland floodingModerate
Faystonmostly inland floodingModerate
Boltonmostly 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. Duxbury covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Duxbury’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Duxbury. 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 Duxbury total about $1.6M 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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