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Natural hazards · Hyde Park

Hyde Park, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hyde Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2023. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Hyde Park?

19
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding70%Cold waves8%Everything else23%
By hazard

What Hyde Park faces

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

Inland flooding

70% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce 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 Hyde Park flood?

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

2paid claims since 2023
$83Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
20232026

Biggest named events

  • Vermont/New York Flooding: 1 claim, $73K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

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

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Hyde ParkDeclared for Lamoille County only
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$557K to the Town of Hyde Park for repairs
2019

Severe Storm and Flooding

$1.1M to the Town of Hyde Park for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$83K to the Town of Hyde Park for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$76K to the Town of Hyde Park for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Hyde Park for repairs
2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Hyde Park for repairs
2001

Snow

$6K to the Town of Hyde Park for repairs
1999

Tropical Storm Floyd

$3K to the Town of Hyde Park for repairs
Lamoille County has had 35 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Hyde Park

Hyde Park and the towns around it

Morristown: Very low, mostly inland floodingJohnson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWolcott: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHyde Park: Very low, mostly inland floodingEden: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCraftsbury: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStowe: Low, mostly inland floodingElmore: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCambridge: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWaterville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHardwick: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGreensboro: High, mostly inland floodingLowell: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBelvidere: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAlbany: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMontgomery: High, mostly inland floodingHyde Park: Very low, mostly inland flooding Hyde ParkMorristownJohnsonWolcottHyde ParkEdenCraftsbury
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Craftsburymostly inland floodingModerate
Wolcottmostly inland floodingModerate
Edenmostly inland floodingModerate
Johnsonmostly inland floodingModerate
Hyde Parkmostly inland floodingVery low
Morristownmostly inland floodingVery low
Hyde Parkmostly 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. Hyde Park covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hyde Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Hyde Park. 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 Hyde Park total about $855K 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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