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Natural hazards · Sutton

Sutton, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sutton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Sutton?

28
Low
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding70%Cold waves11%Hurricanes8%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Sutton faces

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

Inland flooding

70% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 23 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Sutton flood?

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

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

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SuttonDeclared for Caledonia County only
2024

Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

13 households applied for aid $108K aid approved $680K to the Town of Sutton for repairs
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $457K to the Town of Sutton for repairs
2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Sutton for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

7 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $27K to the Town of Sutton for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $234 aid approved
Caledonia County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Sutton

Sutton and the towns around it

Burke: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBarton: High, mostly inland floodingNewark: Low, mostly inland floodingWheelock: Low, mostly inland floodingSheffield: Low, mostly inland floodingWestmore: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLyndon: Moderate, mostly inland floodingKirby: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEast Haven: Moderate, mostly inland floodingVictory: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBrownington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingIrasburg: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGlover: High, mostly inland floodingBrighton: High, mostly inland floodingDanville: Low, mostly inland floodingStannard: Low, mostly inland floodingGreensboro: High, mostly inland floodingCharleston: High, mostly inland floodingSt. Johnsbury: Low, mostly inland floodingSutton: Low, mostly inland flooding SuttonBurkeBartonNewarkWheelockSheffieldWestmoreLyndon
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Bartonmostly inland floodingHigh
Westmoremostly inland floodingModerate
Lyndonmostly inland floodingModerate
Burkemostly inland floodingModerate
Suttonmostly inland floodingLow
Newarkmostly inland floodingLow
Wheelockmostly inland floodingLow
Sheffieldmostly 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. Sutton 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 Sutton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Sutton. 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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