Natural hazards · Huntington

Huntington, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Huntington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 16 claims here since 1980. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Huntington?

79
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Huntington to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and avalanches.

Inland flooding63%Avalanches30%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Huntington faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Avalanches

30% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 30 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Huntington flood?

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

16paid claims since 1980
$273Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
19802026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 1 claim, $5K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

20flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
1homes raised above flood level
Disasters that hit Huntington

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HuntingtonDeclared for Chittenden County only
2024

Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

83 households applied for aid $751K aid approved $276K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

7 households applied for aid $19K aid approved
2019

Severe Storm and Flooding

$43K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2015

Severe Storm and Flooding

$104K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2014

Severe Winter Storm

$115K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$332K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

16 households applied for aid $16K aid approved $128K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $17K aid approved $151K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
2001

Snow

$9K to the Town of Huntington for repairs
Chittenden County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Huntington

Huntington and the towns around it

Starksboro: Low, mostly inland floodingBolton: Low, mostly inland floodingRichmond: High, mostly inland floodingDuxbury: High, mostly inland floodingLincoln: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBristol: Low, mostly inland floodingMonkton: Low, mostly inland floodingHinesburg: Very low, mostly inland floodingJericho: Very low, mostly inland floodingWaterbury: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWilliston: Very low, mostly inland floodingFayston: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMoretown: High, mostly inland floodingHuntington: High, mostly inland flooding HuntingtonStarksboroBoltonRichmondDuxbury
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Huntingtonmostly inland floodingHigh
Richmondmostly inland floodingHigh
Duxburymostly inland floodingHigh
Boltonmostly inland floodingLow
Starksboromostly 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. Huntington covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Huntington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Huntington. 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 Huntington total about $1.5M 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.

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