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Leicester, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Leicester 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 Leicester?

14
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Leicester to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Hurricanes8%Cold waves6%Everything else24%
By hazard

What Leicester faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 24 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Leicester flood?

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

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

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LeicesterDeclared for Addison County only
2017

Severe Storms and Flooding

$7K to the Town of Leicester for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

1 household applied for aid $7K aid approved $5K to the Town of Leicester for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$30K to the Town of Leicester for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$16K to the Town of Leicester for repairs
2001

Snow

$5K to the Town of Leicester for repairs
Addison County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Leicester

Leicester and the towns around it

Whiting: Very low, mostly inland floodingGoshen: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBrandon: Low, mostly inland floodingSalisbury: Very low, mostly inland floodingOrwell: Very low, mostly inland floodingCornwall: Very low, mostly inland floodingShoreham: Very low, mostly inland floodingSudbury: Very low, mostly inland floodingChittenden: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRochester: High, mostly inland floodingHancock: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRipton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPittsford: Low, mostly inland floodingMiddlebury: Very low, mostly inland floodingLeicester: Very low, mostly inland flooding LeicesterWhitingGoshenBrandonSalisbury
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Goshenmostly inland floodingModerate
Brandonmostly inland floodingLow
Leicestermostly inland floodingVery low
Salisburymostly inland floodingVery low
Whitingmostly 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. Leicester 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 Leicester’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Leicester. 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.

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