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. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hyde Park?

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?

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

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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Hyde Park

5 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 Village of Hyde Park.

Brought FEMA money into Hyde ParkDeclared for Lamoille County only

2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

29 households applied for aid $60K aid approved

2018

Severe Storm and Flooding

$7K to the Village of Hyde Park for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

4 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

1999

Tropical Storm Floyd

$2K to the Village 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

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Hyde Parkmostly inland floodingVery low

Morristownmostly 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 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 Hyde Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Hyde Park. 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.