Natural hazards · Halifax

Halifax, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Halifax comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Halifax?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Halifax to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding60%Cold waves19%Tornadoes6%Hurricanes5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Halifax faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 52 years in the area

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Halifax flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Windham County.

Disasters that hit Halifax

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HalifaxDeclared for Windham County only

2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$358K to the Town of Halifax for repairs

2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$420K to the Town of Halifax for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $4.0M to the Town of Halifax for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm

$267K to the Town of Halifax for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$219K to the Town of Halifax for repairs

2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

$11K to the Town of Halifax for repairs

2001

Snow

$8K to the Town of Halifax for repairs

2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$23K to the Town of Halifax for repairs

Windham County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Halifax

Halifax and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Colrainmostly inland floodingHigh

Guilfordmostly inland floodingModerate

Halifaxmostly inland floodingLow

Marlboromostly inland floodingLow

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