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Natural hazards · Wheelock

Wheelock, VT natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wheelock comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Wheelock?

28
Low
vs. U.S. communities

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

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

What Wheelock 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 Wheelock flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Wheelock 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Wheelock

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WheelockDeclared for Caledonia County only
2024

Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $4K aid approved $625K to the Town of Wheelock for repairs
2023

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

1 household applied for aid $300 aid approved $119K to the Town of Wheelock for repairs
2014

Severe Storms and Flooding

$6K to the Town of Wheelock for repairs
2013

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Town of Wheelock for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$307K to the Town of Wheelock for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$37K to the Town of Wheelock for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

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

Wheelock and the towns around it

Sheffield: Low, mostly inland floodingDanville: Low, mostly inland floodingStannard: Low, mostly inland floodingGreensboro: High, mostly inland floodingLyndon: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSutton: Low, mostly inland floodingGlover: High, mostly inland floodingBarton: High, mostly inland floodingCabot: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSt. Johnsbury: Low, mostly inland floodingPeacham: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBarnet: Low, mostly inland floodingWalden: Low, mostly inland floodingHardwick: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCraftsbury: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWolcott: Moderate, mostly inland floodingKirby: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBurke: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNewark: Low, mostly inland floodingWestmore: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWheelock: Low, mostly inland flooding WheelockSheffieldDanvilleStannardGreensboroLyndonSutton
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Greensboromostly inland floodingHigh
Lyndonmostly inland floodingModerate
Wheelockmostly inland floodingLow
Sheffieldmostly inland floodingLow
Stannardmostly inland floodingLow
Suttonmostly inland floodingLow
Danvillemostly 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. Wheelock 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 Wheelock’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Wheelock. 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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