Natural hazards · Granville

Granville, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Granville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 14 claims here since 1998. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Granville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding79%Hurricanes5%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Granville 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 Granville flood?

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

14paid claims since 1998

$437Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19982026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 5 claims, $161K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Granville 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

3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Granville

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GranvilleDeclared for Addison County only

2024

Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid

2017

Severe Storms and Flooding

$401K to the Town of Granville for repairs

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$5K to the Town of Granville for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

42 households applied for aid $118K aid approved $1.1M to the Town of Granville for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$40K to the Town of Granville for repairs

2001

Snow

$1K to the Town of Granville for repairs

2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Town of Granville for repairs

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

Around Granville

Granville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Rochestermostly inland floodingHigh

Granvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Riptonmostly inland floodingModerate

Lincolnmostly inland floodingModerate

Hancockmostly inland floodingModerate

Braintreemostly inland floodingModerate

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