Chittenden County
Snow plowing in
Richmond, Vermont
Snow plowing in Richmond covers village properties, wooded hillside homes, private lanes, and businesses near the interstate and Winooski River corridor.
Local operating question
What is different about a Richmond stop?
Richmond publishes road, transportation, flood-hazard, shoreline, and ridgeline-slope mapping. The village and I-89/Route 2 corridor sit below wooded hillside roads. Keep drainage and refreeze in view near the Winooski River corridor, then account for grade and shade on upper roads. Do not place banks where meltwater crosses the cleared route. Richmond's wooded hillside homes near the interstate and Winooski River corridor see more shade and slower thaw than the village center, which changes both the refreeze timeline and where meltwater actually drains. Confirm the exact route, Route 2, Route 117, or an I-89 approach lane, since travel time between stops on a widespread storm day is a real factor in how quickly a hillside property is reached relative to a village one.
How snow affects a Richmond lot
Richmond winters, by the Burlington airport station, run to 87.5 inches of snow on 89 days of snow cover, with 57 ice days.
I-89, US 2 and VT 117 cross the town. The Winooski and Huntington rivers meet inside it.
Wooded upper roads on Owls Head, about 1,163 feet above the village, stay shaded and frozen after the valley thaws.
The July 2024 flood cost the town about $2 million by its 2026 plan. A cleared lot near either river needs a drainage route for meltwater.
What Richmond properties look like
Hinesburg, south of it, uses the same Burlington airport record but its drives are open and wind-exposed. Richmond's problem is shade and narrow stacking areas. Richmond had 4,167 people in 2020, and only 853 of them live in the village in the north of town. The rest live along the Huntington River valley and the hill roads, where drives are longer and steeper than in the village. The 1813 Round Church stands in the village by the river.
For a Richmond property, write down the shaded pavement, the narrow stacking areas and the path meltwater takes. Do not stack snow where it will melt across a cleared surface. Model the Richmond lot in the snow-service planning range calculator.
| Condition | Near Richmond | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Snowfall | 87.5 inches a year (Burlington International Airport) | NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020 (nearest station) |
| New-snow days | 23.1 a year | Same source |
| Snow-cover days | 89 a year | Same source |
| Ice days | 57 a year | Same source |
| Numbered highways | I-89, US 2 and VT 117 | US Census Bureau TIGER/Line map data |
| Named rivers | Winooski River and Huntington River | USGS National Hydrography Dataset |
| Lakes and ponds | Richmond Pond and Gillett Pond | USGS Geographic Names Information System |
| Named places | Fays Corner and Jonesville | Same source |
| Highest summit | Owls Head, about 1,163 feet | USGS GNIS summit names; heights from the USGS 3D Elevation Program |
Parking bans and plowing rules in Richmond
Richmond's traffic ordinance bars parking in a municipal space from midnight to 6 a.m. between November 1 and April 1 where it interferes with plowing. It also bars parking on the traveled part of a town highway or in its right-of-way.
Snow plowing near Richmond
Planning also covers Essex, Essex Junction, Jericho, Underhill and Hinesburg, and the service-area directory lists every town.
Straight answers
Questions to settle before the snow flies
What should a Richmond plan know about winter parking and plowing?
Parking is barred in municipal spaces from midnight to 6 a.m. between November 1 and April 1 where it interferes with plowing.
Where the price figures come from
Every dollar range on this page is taken from these published cost guides, read September 2026. They are planning ranges, not quotes.
- HomeBlue, Snow Removal Cost in Burlington, Vermont (published October 12, 2022): Burlington plowing runs $40 to $100 a visit by driveway size; snow blowing $51 to $77 an hour.
- HomeAdvisor, What Is the Cost of Snow Removal? (updated June 19, 2026): Seasonal contracts $200 to $700; sand and salt $20 to $40 a visit; commercial plowing $50 to $200 an hour; $51 to $203 a visit overall.
- Angi, How Much Does Snow Removal Cost? (updated April 6, 2026): Seasonal contracts $300 to $700; $51 to $203 a visit, averaging $126.
- HomeGuide, Snow Removal Cost (2026): Driveway up to 90 feet $30 to $70; steep or gravel $50 to $100 and up; salt $20 to $65 an application; sidewalk clearing $25 to $75 an hour.
- Housecall Pro, Snow Removal Price Guide 2026 (updated March 12, 2026): Seasonal contracts $350 to $600; on-site hauling $100 to $600 a visit; loader or skid-steer stacking $100 to $200 an hour.