Natural hazards · Weston

Weston, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Weston comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 15 claims here since 2011. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Weston?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Weston to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding76%Everything else24%

By hazard

What Weston faces

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

Inland flooding

76% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Weston flood?

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

15paid claims since 2011

$1.1Mpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20112026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Irene: 8 claims, $215K
Vermont/New York Flooding: 6 claims, $886K

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. Weston 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

3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Weston

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WestonDeclared for Windsor County only

2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

56 households applied for aid $224K aid approved $514K to the Town of Weston for repairs

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

$47K to the Town of Weston for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

22 households applied for aid $15K aid approved $380K to the Town of Weston for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$40K to the Town of Weston for repairs

2001

Snow

$3K to the Town of Weston for repairs

2000

Severe Storms and Flooding

$376K to the Town of Weston for repairs

Windsor County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Weston

Weston and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Londonderrymostly inland floodingModerate

Mount Tabormostly inland floodingModerate

Mount Hollymostly inland floodingModerate

Westonmostly inland floodingLow

Andovermostly inland floodingLow

Landgrovemostly inland floodingVery low

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. Weston covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Weston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Weston. 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 Weston total about $577K 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.