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Warren, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Warren comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 13 claims here since 1987. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Warren?

30
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Warren to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding75%Everything else25%
By hazard

What Warren faces

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

Inland flooding

75% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times 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 Warren flood?

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

13paid claims since 1987
$222Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19872026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 5 claims, $107K

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. Warren isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Washington County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
1buildings floodproofed
Disasters that hit Warren

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WarrenDeclared for Washington County only
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

10 households applied for aid $19K aid approved
2017

Severe Storms and Flooding

$24K to the Town of Warren for repairs
2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$35K to the Town of Warren for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

46 households applied for aid $122K aid approved $591K to the Town of Warren for repairs
2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid
Washington County has had 27 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Warren

Warren and the towns around it

Lincoln: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFayston: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRoxbury: Low, mostly inland floodingGranville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWaitsfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBristol: Low, mostly inland floodingRipton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStarksboro: Low, mostly inland floodingDuxbury: High, mostly inland floodingMoretown: High, mostly inland floodingBraintree: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBrookfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHancock: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRochester: High, mostly inland floodingNorthfield: High, mostly inland floodingWarren: Low, mostly inland flooding WarrenLincolnFaystonRoxburyGranvilleWaitsfield
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Lincolnmostly inland floodingModerate
Granvillemostly inland floodingModerate
Waitsfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Faystonmostly inland floodingModerate
Roxburymostly inland floodingLow
Warrenmostly 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. Warren covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Warren’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Warren. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Warren total about $736K a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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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