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Natural hazards · Newfane

Newfane, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newfane comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 21 claims here since 1982. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Newfane?

72
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newfane to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Cold waves10%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Newfane faces

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

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% 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 Newfane flood?

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

21paid claims since 1982
$670Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19822026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 14 claims, $575K
  • Vermont/New York Flooding: 1 claim, $9K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Newfane isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Windham County.
Disasters that hit Newfane

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewfaneDeclared for Windham County only
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$630K to the Town of Newfane for repairs
2021

Severe Storm and Flooding

$277K to the Town of Newfane for repairs
2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$154K to the Town of Newfane for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$3.0M to the Town of Newfane for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$424K to the Town of Newfane for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$16K to the Town of Newfane for repairs
2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the Town of Newfane for repairs
2001

Snow

$5K to the Town of Newfane for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$384K to the Town of Newfane for repairs
Windham County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Newfane

Newfane and the towns around it

Brookline: High, mostly inland floodingDummerston: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDover: Very low, mostly inland floodingWardsboro: Very low, mostly inland floodingTownshend: High, mostly inland floodingPutney: Low, mostly inland floodingWestminster: Low, mostly inland floodingWestmoreland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingChesterfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBrattleboro: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMarlboro: Low, mostly inland floodingWilmington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStratton: Very low, mostly inland floodingJamaica: High, mostly inland floodingWindham: High, mostly inland floodingGrafton: High, mostly inland floodingAthens: High, mostly inland floodingNewfane: High, mostly inland flooding NewfaneBrooklineDummerstonDoverWardsboroTownshend
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Newfanemostly inland floodingHigh
Brooklinemostly inland floodingHigh
Townshendmostly inland floodingHigh
Dummerstonmostly inland floodingModerate
Dovermostly inland floodingVery low
Wardsboromostly 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. Newfane covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newfane’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Newfane. 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 Newfane total about $1.0M 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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