Natural hazards · Newbury

Newbury, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newbury comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newbury?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newbury to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding78%Everything else22%

By hazard

What Newbury faces

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

Inland flooding

78% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Newbury flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Orange County.

Disasters that hit Newbury

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewburyDeclared for Orange County only

2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid $17K aid approved

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

2 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

Orange County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Newbury

Newbury and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Haverhillmostly inland floodingHigh

Newburymostly inland floodingModerate

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