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Floods in Vermont

Property owners in Vermont have filed 3,688 federal flood insurance claims since 1978, with $118 million paid.

  • 3,688flood insurance claims since 1978
  • $118Mpaid on those claims
  • 2011most claims in one year, 1,455
  • 43rdamong the states for claims
2025
  • Floods on record, by year

Over time

Flood insurance claims in Vermont per year 1978: 33 1979: 42 1980: 34 1981: 88 1982: 43 1983: 34 1984: 52 1985: 1 1986: 10 1987: 34 1988: 2 1989: 20 1990: 11 1991: 7 1992: 91 1993: 34 1994: 17 1995: 53 1996: 47 1997: 31 1998: 69 1999: 6 2000: 57 2001: 9 2002: 53 2003: 10 2004: 7 2005: 19 2006: 20 2007: 42 2008: 39 2009: 20 2010: 18 2011: 1,455 1,455 2012: 8 2013: 40 2014: 27 2015: 34 2016: 5 2017: 19 2018: 20 2019: 74 2020: 4 2021: 27 2022: 7 2023: 710 2024: 197 2025: 3 1978198319881993199820032008201320182023

Every county

Counties with any recorded events, highest first.

Floods by county in Vermont
Washington County1,234
Windsor County511
Windham County312
Rutland County284
Caledonia County271
Chittenden County256
Franklin County177
Lamoille County174
Bennington County112
Orleans County102
Addison County99
Orange County84
Grand Isle County59
Essex County13

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency’s website(s).