Natural hazards · Westmore

Westmore, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Westmore comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Westmore?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Westmore to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding80%Cold waves8%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Westmore faces

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

Inland flooding

80% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% 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 5 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 Westmore flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Orleans County.

Disasters that hit Westmore

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WestmoreDeclared for Orleans County only

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$10K to the Town of Westmore for repairs

2014

Severe Storms and Flooding

$25K to the Town of Westmore for repairs

2013

Severe Winter Storms

$17K to the Town of Westmore for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$42K to the Town of Westmore for repairs

Orleans County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Westmore

Westmore and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bartonmostly inland floodingHigh

Charlestonmostly inland floodingHigh

Westmoremostly inland floodingModerate

Newarkmostly inland floodingLow

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