Natural hazards · Greensboro

Greensboro, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greensboro comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1994. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Greensboro?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Greensboro to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding84%Cold waves5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Greensboro faces

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

Inland flooding

84% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% 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 Greensboro flood?

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

7paid claims since 1994

$125Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19942026

Biggest named events

Vermont/New York Flooding: 2 claims, $104K

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Greensboro 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 Greensboro

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreensboroDeclared for Orleans County only

2024

Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

4 households applied for aid $9K aid approved $936K to the Town of Greensboro for repairs

2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

10 households applied for aid $59K aid approved $2.5M to the Town of Greensboro for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$35K to the Town of Greensboro for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$12K to the Town of Greensboro for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$124K to the Town of Greensboro for repairs

2001

Snow

$4K to the Town of Greensboro for repairs

1999

Tropical Storm Floyd

$4K to the Town of Greensboro for repairs

Orleans County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Greensboro

Greensboro and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Greensboromostly inland floodingHigh

Glovermostly inland floodingHigh

Hardwickmostly inland floodingModerate

Craftsburymostly inland floodingModerate

Wolcottmostly inland floodingModerate

Wheelockmostly inland floodingLow

Stannardmostly 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. Greensboro covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Greensboro’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Greensboro. 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 Greensboro total about $1.2M 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.