What is the geography of Montpelier, Vermont?
Montpelier is located at (44.25, -72.56667). The city center is a flat clay zone (elevation ~520′), surrounded by hills and granite ledges. Town Hill runs in a 2-mile ridge (~900′) along the northern edge of the city. The clay city center is kept stable by use of canals and dams for controlling seasonal river flows. As a result of this and the paved roads in the downtown area, the center of Montpelier does not experience the brunt of mud season each spring. Montpelier is subject to periodic flooding in the flat city center with two major floods occurring in 1927 and 1992. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 26.6 square kilometrekm sq (10.3 square miles). 26.5 km sq (10.2 mi sq) of it is land and 0.10% is water.
