Natural hazards · Irasburg

Irasburg, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Irasburg comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Irasburg?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Irasburg to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding80%Cold waves8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Irasburg faces

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

Inland flooding

80% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 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 Irasburg flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Orleans County.

Disasters that hit Irasburg

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into IrasburgDeclared for Orleans County only

2024

Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

7 households applied for aid $43K aid approved $184K to the Town of Irasburg for repairs

2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

28 households applied for aid $65K aid approved $546K to the Town of Irasburg for repairs

2019

Severe Storm and Flooding

$250K to the Town of Irasburg for repairs

2014

Severe Storms and Flooding

$12K to the Town of Irasburg for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

3 households applied for aid $14K aid approved $46K to the Town of Irasburg for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $22K to the Town of Irasburg for repairs

Orleans County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Irasburg

Irasburg and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bartonmostly inland floodingHigh

Coventrymostly inland floodingModerate

Irasburgmostly inland floodingModerate

Albanymostly inland floodingModerate

Lowellmostly inland floodingModerate

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