Natural hazards · Sharon

Sharon, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sharon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2011. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sharon?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding79%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Sharon 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 Sharon flood?

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

4paid claims since 2011

$130Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20112026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 4 claims, $130K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Sharon 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Sharon

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SharonDeclared for Windsor County only

2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

11 households applied for aid $24K aid approved $135K to the Town of Sharon for repairs

2017

Severe Storms and Flooding

$33K to the Town of Sharon for repairs

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$6K to the Town of Sharon for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

72 households applied for aid $530K aid approved $1.3M to the Town of Sharon for repairs

2001

Snow

$3K to the Town of Sharon for repairs

Windsor County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Sharon

Sharon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Straffordmostly inland floodingHigh

Norwichmostly inland floodingHigh

Sharonmostly inland floodingModerate

Pomfretmostly inland floodingModerate

Royaltonmostly 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. Sharon 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 Sharon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Sharon. 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.