Natural hazards · Hubbardton

Hubbardton, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hubbardton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Hubbardton?

19
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hubbardton to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Cold waves9%Everything else21%
By hazard

What Hubbardton 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
Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 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 Hubbardton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Hubbardton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Rutland County.
Disasters that hit Hubbardton

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HubbardtonDeclared for Rutland County only
2014

Severe Winter Storm

$35K to the Town of Hubbardton for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$88K to the Town of Hubbardton for repairs
2001

Snow

$6K to the Town of Hubbardton for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$11K to the Town of Hubbardton for repairs
Rutland County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Hubbardton

Hubbardton and the towns around it

Pittsford: Low, mostly inland floodingCastleton: Low, mostly inland floodingSudbury: Very low, mostly inland floodingProctor: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBrandon: Low, mostly inland floodingChittenden: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWest Rutland: Low, mostly inland floodingRutland: Very low, mostly inland floodingPoultney: Moderate, mostly inland floodingIra: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFair Haven: Very low, mostly inland floodingBenson: Very low, mostly inland floodingOrwell: Very low, mostly inland floodingWhiting: Very low, mostly inland floodingHubbardton: Very low, mostly inland flooding HubbardtonPittsfordCastletonSudbury
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Pittsfordmostly inland floodingLow
Castletonmostly inland floodingLow
Hubbardtonmostly inland floodingVery low
Sudburymostly 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. Hubbardton 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 Hubbardton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Hubbardton. 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.

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