Natural hazards · Lemington

Lemington, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lemington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lemington?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lemington to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Cold waves9%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Lemington faces

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

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% 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 Lemington flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Essex County.

Disasters that hit Lemington

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LemingtonDeclared for Essex County only

2024

Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Essex County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Lemington

Lemington and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Columbiamostly avalanchesVery high

Colebrookmostly avalanchesVery high

Lemingtonmostly inland floodingHigh

Canaanmostly inland floodingHigh

Bloomfieldmostly inland floodingHigh

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