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Natural hazards · Randolph

Randolph, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Randolph comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1998. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Randolph?

28
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Randolph to be higher than in 28% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding72%Cold waves6%Hurricanes5%Lightning5%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Randolph faces

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

Inland flooding

72% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 53% 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

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong wind

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 Randolph flood?

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

6paid claims since 1998
$537Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19982026

Biggest named events

  • Vermont/New York Flooding: 2 claims, $24K
  • Hurricane Irene: 2 claims, $479K
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Randolph 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

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

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RandolphDeclared for Orange County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

$146K to the Town of Randolph for repairs
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

23 households applied for aid $60K aid approved $2.5M to the Town of Randolph for repairs
2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

$269K to the Town of Randolph for repairs
2017

Severe Storms and Flooding

$19K to the Town of Randolph for repairs
2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the Town of Randolph for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

84 households applied for aid $321K aid approved $733K to the Town of Randolph for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Randolph for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$1.1M to the Town of Randolph for repairs
2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$15K to the Town of Randolph for repairs
Orange County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Randolph

Randolph and the towns around it

Tunbridge: High, mostly inland floodingBrookfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBraintree: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBethel: High, mostly inland floodingRoyalton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStrafford: High, mostly inland floodingChelsea: High, mostly inland floodingRoxbury: Low, mostly inland floodingRochester: High, mostly inland floodingGranville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBarnard: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSharon: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPomfret: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRandolph: Low, mostly inland flooding RandolphTunbridgeBrookfieldBraintreeBethelRoyalton
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Tunbridgemostly inland floodingHigh
Bethelmostly inland floodingHigh
Brookfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Braintreemostly inland floodingModerate
Royaltonmostly inland floodingModerate
Randolphmostly 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. Randolph covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Randolph’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Randolph. 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 Randolph total about $1.6M 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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