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Natural hazards · Marshfield

Marshfield, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marshfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2011. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Marshfield?

43
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marshfield to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Cold waves5%Everything else18%
By hazard

What Marshfield faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 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 Marshfield flood?

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

5paid claims since 2011
$313Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20112026

Biggest named events

  • Vermont/New York Flooding: 4 claims, $293K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Marshfield isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Washington County.
Disasters that hit Marshfield

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarshfieldDeclared for Washington County only
2024

Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$1.9M to the Town of Marshfield for repairs
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$9.0M to the Town of Marshfield for repairs
2022

Severe Storm and Flooding

$7K to the Town of Marshfield for repairs
2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

$5K to the Town of Marshfield for repairs
2017

Severe Storms and Flooding

$7K to the Town of Marshfield for repairs
2014

Severe Winter Storm

$15K to the Town of Marshfield for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$57K to the Town of Marshfield for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$390K to the Town of Marshfield for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the Town of Marshfield for repairs
Washington County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Marshfield

Marshfield and the towns around it

Cabot: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPlainfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGroton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPeacham: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCalais: Low, mostly inland floodingEast Montpelier: Very low, mostly inland floodingDanville: Low, mostly inland floodingWalden: Low, mostly inland floodingWoodbury: Low, mostly inland floodingRyegate: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTopsham: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOrange: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBarnet: Low, mostly inland floodingWorcester: Low, mostly inland floodingElmore: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMontpelier: High, mostly inland floodingBerlin: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMiddlesex: Low, mostly inland floodingBarre: Low, mostly inland floodingMarshfield: Moderate, mostly inland flooding MarshfieldCabotPlainfieldGrotonPeachamCalaisEast Montpelier
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Grotonmostly inland floodingModerate
Peachammostly inland floodingModerate
Marshfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Cabotmostly inland floodingModerate
Plainfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Calaismostly inland floodingLow
East Montpeliermostly 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. Marshfield covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Marshfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Marshfield. 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 Marshfield total about $1.5M 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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