Natural hazards · Ferrisburgh

Ferrisburgh, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ferrisburgh comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1983. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ferrisburgh?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ferrisburgh to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Earthquakes6%Cold waves5%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Ferrisburgh faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Ferrisburgh flood?

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

7paid claims since 1983

$170Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19832026

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Ferrisburgh isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Addison County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Ferrisburgh

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FerrisburghDeclared for Addison County only

2024

Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

8 households applied for aid $52K aid approved $45K to the Town of Ferrisburgh for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Addison County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Ferrisburgh

Ferrisburgh and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Westportmostly inland floodingHigh

Monktonmostly inland floodingLow

Ferrisburghmostly inland floodingLow

Charlottemostly inland floodingLow

Walthammostly inland floodingVery low

Pantonmostly inland floodingVery low

New Havenmostly inland floodingVery low

Vergennesmostly 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. Ferrisburgh covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Ferrisburgh’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Ferrisburgh. 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 Ferrisburgh total about $928K 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.