Natural hazards · Orange

Orange, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Orange comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2023. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Orange?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Orange to be higher than in 42% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Cold waves6%Lightning6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Orange faces

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

Inland flooding

74% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windAvalanches

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 Orange flood?

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

1paid claims since 2023

$11Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20232026

Biggest named events

Vermont/New York Flooding: 1 claim, $11K

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Orange 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 Orange

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OrangeDeclared for Orange County only

2024

Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$349K to the Town of Orange for repairs

2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

3 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $220K to the Town of Orange for repairs

2022

Severe Storm and Flooding

$19K to the Town of Orange for repairs

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

$32K to the Town of Orange for repairs

2017

Severe Storms and Flooding

$32K to the Town of Orange for repairs

2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Town of Orange for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

3 households applied for aid $7K aid approved $7K to the Town of Orange for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$40K to the Town of Orange for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$86K to the Town of Orange for repairs

1999

Tropical Storm Floyd

$28K to the Town of Orange for repairs

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

Around Orange

Orange and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Topshammostly inland floodingModerate

Corinthmostly inland floodingModerate

Grotonmostly inland floodingModerate

Orangemostly inland floodingModerate

Washingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Barremostly inland floodingLow

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. Orange covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Orange’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Orange. 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 Orange total about $670K 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.