Natural hazards · Mendon

Mendon, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mendon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 21 claims here since 2011. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mendon?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mendon to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Cold waves8%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Mendon faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% 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 Mendon flood?

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

21paid claims since 2011

$484Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20112026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 10 claims, $170K
Vermont/New York Flooding: 10 claims, $313K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rutland County.

Disasters that hit Mendon

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MendonDeclared for Rutland County only

2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

5 households applied for aid $36K aid approved

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

$15K to the Town of Mendon for repairs

2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$9K to the Town of Mendon for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

17 households applied for aid $24K aid approved $2.0M to the Town of Mendon for repairs

2001

Snow

$4K to the Town of Mendon for repairs

2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$5K to the Town of Mendon for repairs

1999

Tropical Storm Floyd

$60K to the Town of Mendon for repairs

Rutland County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Mendon

Mendon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Plymouthmostly inland floodingHigh

Mendonmostly inland floodingVery low

Killingtonmostly inland floodingVery low

Shrewsburymostly inland floodingVery low

Rutlandmostly 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. Mendon covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mendon’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Mendon. 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 Mendon total about $1.4M 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.