Natural hazards · Jeffersonville

Jeffersonville, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jeffersonville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1995. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jeffersonville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jeffersonville to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding84%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Jeffersonville faces

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

Inland flooding

84% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Jeffersonville flood?

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

8paid claims since 1995

$405Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19952026

Biggest named events

Vermont/New York Flooding: 4 claims, $350K

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Jeffersonville 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

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Jeffersonville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JeffersonvilleDeclared for Lamoille County only

2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

73 households applied for aid $333K aid approved $44K to the Village of Jeffersonville for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

6 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $33K aid approved

2010

Severe Storm

$6K to the Village of Jeffersonville for repairs

Lamoille County has had 35 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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