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Stockbridge, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stockbridge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 18 claims here since 2005. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Stockbridge?

58
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding79%Everything else21%
By hazard

What Stockbridge 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 Stockbridge flood?

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

18paid claims since 2005
$1.1Mpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
20052026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 16 claims, $1.1M

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. Stockbridge 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

19flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Stockbridge

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StockbridgeDeclared for Windsor County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

$559K to the Town of Stockbridge for repairs
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

14 households applied for aid $43K aid approved $3.9M to the Town of Stockbridge for repairs
2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

$215K to the Town of Stockbridge for repairs
2014

Severe Winter Storm

$17K to the Town of Stockbridge for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

134 households applied for aid $537K aid approved $5.2M to the Town of Stockbridge for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$602K to the Town of Stockbridge for repairs
2001

Snow

$2K to the Town of Stockbridge for repairs
1999

Tropical Storm Floyd

$61K to the Town of Stockbridge for repairs
Windsor County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Stockbridge

Stockbridge and the towns around it

Pittsfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBarnard: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBridgewater: High, mostly inland floodingRochester: High, mostly inland floodingChittenden: Moderate, mostly inland floodingKillington: Very low, mostly inland floodingRoyalton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPomfret: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPlymouth: High, mostly inland floodingWoodstock: High, mostly inland floodingReading: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHancock: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBraintree: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBethel: High, mostly inland floodingGoshen: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGranville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStockbridge: Moderate, mostly inland flooding StockbridgePittsfieldBarnardBridgewaterRochester
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Bridgewatermostly inland floodingHigh
Rochestermostly inland floodingHigh
Stockbridgemostly inland floodingModerate
Barnardmostly inland floodingModerate
Pittsfieldmostly 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. Stockbridge 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 Stockbridge’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Stockbridge. 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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