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Pomfret, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pomfret comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Pomfret?

58
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pomfret to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Everything else21%
By hazard

What Pomfret 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 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Pomfret flood?

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

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

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PomfretDeclared for Windsor County only
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $116K to the Town of Pomfret for repairs
2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

$56K to the Town of Pomfret for repairs
2017

Severe Storms and Flooding

$39K to the Town of Pomfret for repairs
2014

Severe Winter Storm

$3K to the Town of Pomfret for repairs
2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$29K to the Town of Pomfret for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$767K to the Town of Pomfret for repairs
2001

Snow

$5K to the Town of Pomfret for repairs
Windsor County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Pomfret

Pomfret and the towns around it

Sharon: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWoodstock: High, mostly inland floodingBarnard: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHartford: Low, mostly inland floodingRoyalton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBridgewater: High, mostly inland floodingStrafford: High, mostly inland floodingNorwich: High, mostly inland floodingHartland: Low, mostly inland floodingReading: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStockbridge: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLebanon: High, mostly inland floodingBethel: High, mostly inland floodingTunbridge: High, mostly inland floodingRandolph: Low, mostly inland floodingPlymouth: High, mostly inland floodingKillington: Very low, mostly inland floodingPomfret: Moderate, mostly inland flooding PomfretSharonWoodstockBarnardHartfordRoyaltonBridgewater
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Bridgewatermostly inland floodingHigh
Woodstockmostly inland floodingHigh
Pomfretmostly inland floodingModerate
Sharonmostly inland floodingModerate
Barnardmostly inland floodingModerate
Royaltonmostly inland floodingModerate
Hartfordmostly 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. Pomfret 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 Pomfret’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Pomfret. 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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