Natural hazards · Jericho

Jericho, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jericho comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2011. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jericho?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jericho to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Cold waves7%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Jericho faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 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 Jericho flood?

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

5paid claims since 2011

$61Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20112026

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. Jericho 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.

Disasters that hit Jericho

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JerichoDeclared for Chittenden County only

2024

Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

50 households applied for aid $434K aid approved $632K to the Town of Jericho for repairs

2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

12 households applied for aid $67K aid approved

2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Jericho for repairs

2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$313K to the Town of Jericho for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

6 households applied for aid $161 aid approved

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $23K aid approved $91K to the Town of Jericho for repairs

2010

Severe Storm

$4K to the Town of Jericho for repairs

2001

Snow

$7K to the Town of Jericho for repairs

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

Around Jericho

Jericho and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Richmondmostly inland floodingHigh

Underhillmostly inland floodingLow

Boltonmostly inland floodingLow

Jerichomostly inland floodingVery low

Willistonmostly inland floodingVery low

Essexmostly 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. Jericho covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Jericho’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Jericho. 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 Jericho total about $946K 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.