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Windham County, Vermont

Windham County recorded 19 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 13 major disasters, 6 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is severe storm.

Highlighted: Windham County, VT

Totals: FY2000–FY2025 · Page last rebuilt Sep 12, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals

19
Declarations since FY2000
13
Major disasters (DR)
6
Emergencies (EM)
0
Fire management (FM)
Aug 2024
Most recent
$49.4M
Federal PA obligated (top: roads and bridges)

The federal disaster record for Windham County runs between 1999 and 2024, covering 19 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Storm And Flooding in 2024. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, hurricane, and flood. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $49.4 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for roads and bridges.

Risk and vulnerability context

Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.

County FIPS 50025
CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI
31.9
overall percentile nationally

Approximately 31.9% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status32.5
Household characteristics31.6
Racial and ethnic minority status22.7
Housing type and transportation48.8

Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025
56.9
overall risk score
Relatively Low
Expected annual loss$20.3MRelatively Low
NRI social vulnerability31.7Relatively Low
Community resilience74.4Relatively High

The NRI combines expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience to describe relative natural-hazard risk. FEMA NRI documentation

About these measures: CDC Social Vulnerability Index and FEMA National Risk Index Social Vulnerability are separate measures built with different methods. They are shown side by side for context and should not be interpreted as equivalent scores.

Federal Public Assistance by category

Federal share obligated to this jurisdiction under FEMA Public Assistance since 2000, grouped by damage category. Figures are rounded to the nearest dollar and reflect obligations, which may change as projects close out.

CategoryProjectsFederal share obligated
Roads and bridges(C)776$41,917,561
Emergency protective measures(B)177$4,003,462
Debris removal(A)68$1,728,380
Buildings and equipment(E)44$630,898
Utilities(F)13$588,253
Management costs(Z)27$308,866
Parks and recreation(G)13$193,799
Water control facilities(D)4$44,441
All categories1,122$49,415,660

Recovery funding, how fast it came

For each disaster, the wait from the declaration to the first federal obligation (amber), then the federal share obligating after that (teal), on a shared 7-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 186 days. An obligation is the federal share committed to the recipient state, not funds disbursed to the locality, which comes later and is not shown.

Severe Storm And Flooding 2024$638K
214 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides 2023$8.5M
159 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storm And Flooding 2021$5.3M
103 days to first federal obligation
Covid-19 Pandemic 2020$2.1M
212 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storm And Flooding 2018$1.1M
202 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms And Flooding 2011$105K
171 days to first federal obligation
Declared1 yr2 yr3 yr4 yr5 yr6 yr7 yr

Assistance to households (Individual Assistance)

FEMA Individual Assistance to households in this jurisdiction, combined across the Housing Assistance owner and renter programs. Valid registrations are households that applied within a designated Individual Assistance area; approved counts and dollars are the households FEMA found eligible under the Individuals and Households Program. Figures are self-reported and drawn from NEMIS through OpenFEMA, not audited, and Individual Assistance exists only for disasters where it was designated, so many jurisdictions show none.

1,840
valid registrations
883
households approved
$5,102,714
total IHP approved
Assistance typeApproved amount
Repair and replacement$4,013,020
Rental assistance$797,767
Other needs$285,964

Hazard mitigation, what has been funded here

Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated to this jurisdiction to reduce future disaster losses, across the FEMA mitigation programs. This is the record of past mitigation investment a local hazard mitigation plan documents. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited, and are separate from the Public Assistance funding above.

$12,441,033
federal mitigation share
49
funded projects
44
properties mitigated
ProgramProjectsFederal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)44$6,683,133
Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM)4$5,631,550
Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation(LPDM)1$126,350

State declarations (governor)

Emergency declarations issued by the governor of this state, which are separate from and usually precede a federal declaration. A declaration is listed here when NOAA Storm Events recorded reports of the matched hazard in this jurisdiction while the order was in effect. That is evidence of local impact during a declared state emergency. It is not a statement that the governor named this jurisdiction in the order, since most state declarations apply statewide and name no localities at all. Hazard categories come from the order text. Damage figures are NOAA storm report estimates for this jurisdiction only, not the cost of the declaration.

1
state declarations with local storm evidence
1
statewide on record

Archive coverage for Vermont: 2017-present structured Governor archive; pre-2017 statutory-appendix backfill pending

SignedOrderDeclarationHazards reported hereReported damage
Jul 9, 202303-23Executive Order No. 03-23 Declaration of State of EmergencyFlash Flood, Flood$1,260,000

Source: state executive order archives collected by DisasterData Plus, joined to NOAA Storm Events. See the Plus overview for per-state coverage and method.

Most common hazards

Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan

Every local hazard mitigation plan must document previous occurrences of each hazard. Here is that record for Windham County, sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.

HazardDateFEMA declarationType
Tropical StormAug 8, 2024EM-3609-VTEM
Severe StormMar 2, 2024DR-4762-VTDR
FloodJul 14, 2023DR-4720-VTDR
FloodJul 10, 2023EM-3595-VTEM
FloodSep 29, 2021DR-4621-VTDR
HurricaneAug 22, 2021EM-3567-VTEM
BiologicalApr 8, 2020DR-4532-VTDR
BiologicalMar 13, 2020EM-3437-VTEM
Severe StormJan 2, 2018DR-4356-VTDR
Severe StormNov 8, 2011DR-4043-VTDR
HurricaneSep 1, 2011DR-4022-VTDR
HurricaneAug 29, 2011EM-3338-VTEM
Severe Ice StormJan 14, 2009DR-1816-VTDR
Severe StormMay 4, 2007DR-1698-VTDR
Severe StormSep 23, 2004DR-1559-VTDR
Severe StormSep 12, 2003DR-1488-VTDR
SnowstormApr 10, 2001EM-3167-VTEM
Severe StormJul 27, 2000DR-1336-VTDR
Severe StormNov 10, 1999DR-1307-VTDR

Every declaration on record

DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance

Showing 19 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Aug 8, 2024EM-3609-VTEMTropical StormTropical Depression Debby
Mar 2, 2024DR-4762-VTDRSevere StormSevere Storm And Flooding
Jul 14, 2023DR-4720-VTDRFloodSevere Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Jul 10, 2023EM-3595-VTEMFloodFlooding
Sep 29, 2021DR-4621-VTDRFloodSevere Storm And Flooding
Aug 22, 2021EM-3567-VTEMHurricaneTropical Storm Henri
Apr 8, 2020DR-4532-VTDRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3437-VTEMBiologicalCovid-19
Jan 2, 2018DR-4356-VTDRSevere StormSevere Storm And Flooding
Nov 8, 2011DR-4043-VTDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Sep 1, 2011DR-4022-VTDRHurricaneTropical Storm Irene
Aug 29, 2011EM-3338-VTEMHurricaneHurricane Irene
Jan 14, 2009DR-1816-VTDRSevere Ice StormSevere Winter Storm
May 4, 2007DR-1698-VTDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Sep 23, 2004DR-1559-VTDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Sep 12, 2003DR-1488-VTDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Apr 10, 2001EM-3167-VTEMSnowstormSnow
Jul 27, 2000DR-1336-VTDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Nov 10, 1999DR-1307-VTDRSevere StormTropical Storm Floyd
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How these numbers are built

Drawn from FEMA's OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, rebuilt each week. A declaration is counted here once for each designated area it names, so a single disaster covering many localities is counted in each one. For that reason these jurisdiction counts do not sum to Vermont's statewide total. This page counts declarations that named this jurisdiction as a designated area. Totals cover complete fiscal years (Oct 1 to Sep 30); the in-progress year may appear in the most-recent list but is not counted in the totals. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.

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