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Lyndon, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lyndon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 80 claims here since 1979. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Lyndon?

44
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lyndon to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Cold waves10%Hurricanes7%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Lyndon faces

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

Inland flooding

74% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Lyndon flood?

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

80paid claims since 1979
$3.0Mpaid to owners
18homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 21 claims, $702K
  • Vermont/New York Flooding: 2 claims, $10K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

13flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Lyndon

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LyndonDeclared for Caledonia County only
2024

Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

4 households applied for aid $20K aid approved $5.8M to the Town of Lyndon for repairs
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$418K to the Town of Lyndon for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$34K to the Town of Lyndon for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $63K to the Town of Lyndon for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the Town of Lyndon for repairs
2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$208K to the Town of Lyndon for repairs
Caledonia County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Lyndon

Lyndon and the towns around it

Kirby: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBurke: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSt. Johnsbury: Low, mostly inland floodingWheelock: Low, mostly inland floodingSutton: Low, mostly inland floodingVictory: Moderate, mostly inland floodingConcord: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEast Haven: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNewark: Low, mostly inland floodingDanville: Low, mostly inland floodingWaterford: Low, mostly inland floodingBarnet: Low, mostly inland floodingSheffield: Low, mostly inland floodingStannard: Low, mostly inland floodingGreensboro: High, mostly inland floodingBarton: High, mostly inland floodingWestmore: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLyndon: Moderate, mostly inland flooding LyndonKirbyBurkeSt. JohnsburyWheelockSutton
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Lyndonmostly inland floodingModerate
Kirbymostly inland floodingModerate
Burkemostly inland floodingModerate
St. Johnsburymostly inland floodingLow
Wheelockmostly inland floodingLow
Suttonmostly inland floodingLow
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. Lyndon covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lyndon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lyndon. 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 Lyndon total about $2.0M 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.

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