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Natural hazards · Walden

Walden, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Walden comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Walden?

28
Low
vs. U.S. communities

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

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

What Walden 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 Walden flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Walden 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 Walden

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WaldenDeclared for Caledonia County only
2024

Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$561K to the Town of Walden for repairs
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

2 households applied for aid $6K aid approved $251K to the Town of Walden for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$316K to the Town of Walden for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $14K to the Town of Walden for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$42K to the Town of Walden for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$13K to the Town of Walden for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

$51K to the Town of Walden for repairs
2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the Town of Walden for repairs
Caledonia County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Walden

Walden and the towns around it

Stannard: Low, mostly inland floodingHardwick: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCabot: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWheelock: Low, mostly inland floodingGreensboro: High, mostly inland floodingWoodbury: Low, mostly inland floodingWolcott: Moderate, mostly inland floodingElmore: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDanville: Low, mostly inland floodingMarshfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPeacham: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWalden: Low, mostly inland flooding WaldenStannardHardwickCabot
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Hardwickmostly inland floodingModerate
Cabotmostly inland floodingModerate
Waldenmostly inland floodingLow
Stannardmostly 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. Walden 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 Walden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Walden. 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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