Natural hazards · Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Shrewsbury comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 21 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 Shrewsbury?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Shrewsbury to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Cold waves8%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Shrewsbury faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% 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 Shrewsbury flood?

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

21paid claims since 2011

$484Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20112026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 10 claims, $170K
Vermont/New York Flooding: 10 claims, $313K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Shrewsbury isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Rutland County.

Disasters that hit Shrewsbury

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ShrewsburyDeclared for Rutland County only

2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

6 households applied for aid $40K aid approved $223K to the Town of Shrewsbury for repairs

2017

Severe Storms and Flooding

$42K to the Town of Shrewsbury for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

19 households applied for aid $43K aid approved $3.2M to the Town of Shrewsbury for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$23K to the Town of Shrewsbury for repairs

2001

Snow

$5K to the Town of Shrewsbury for repairs

Rutland County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Plymouthmostly inland floodingHigh

Mount Hollymostly inland floodingModerate

Wallingfordmostly inland floodingModerate

Clarendonmostly inland floodingLow

Shrewsburymostly inland floodingVery low

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