Natural hazards · Morrisville

Morrisville, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Morrisville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1980. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Morrisville?

19
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Morrisville to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding71%Cold waves7%Everything else22%
By hazard

What Morrisville faces

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

Inland flooding

71% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 47% 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 Morrisville flood?

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

5paid claims since 1980
$27Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19802026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Morrisville

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MorrisvilleDeclared for Lamoille County only
2024

Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

9 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

43 households applied for aid $132K aid approved
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

3 households applied for aid
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $1K aid approved
2010

Severe Storm

$15K to the Village of Morrisville for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$5K to the Village of Morrisville for repairs
Lamoille County has had 35 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
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. Morrisville 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 Morrisville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Morrisville. 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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