Natural hazards · Goshen

Goshen, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Goshen comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Goshen?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding79%Hurricanes5%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Goshen 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 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 20 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Goshen flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Goshen 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.

Disasters that hit Goshen

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GoshenDeclared for Addison County only

2017

Severe Storms and Flooding

$117K to the Town of Goshen for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

1 household applied for aid $39K to the Town of Goshen for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$18K to the Town of Goshen for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$111K to the Town of Goshen for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$30K to the Town of Goshen for repairs

2001

Snow

$2K to the Town of Goshen for repairs

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

Around Goshen

Goshen and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Rochestermostly inland floodingHigh

Goshenmostly inland floodingModerate

Hancockmostly inland floodingModerate

Riptonmostly inland floodingModerate

Chittendenmostly inland floodingModerate

Brandonmostly inland floodingLow

Leicestermostly inland floodingVery low

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