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Natural hazards · Abbot

Abbot, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Abbot comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1987. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Abbot?

50
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Abbot to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves51%Inland flooding24%Hurricanes8%Ice storms7%Lightning6%Everything else4%
By hazard

What Abbot faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Cold waves

51% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Abbot flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Abbot, from FEMA’s records.

2paid claims since 1987
$81Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19872026

Biggest named events

  • December Nor'easter: 1 claim, $58K
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Abbot isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Piscataquis County.
Disasters that hit Abbot

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AbbotDeclared for Piscataquis County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

$68K to the Town of Abbot for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$12K to the Town of Abbot for repairs
2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$6K to the Town of Abbot for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$14K to the Town of Abbot for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$19K to the Town of Abbot for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt and Ice Jams

$35K to the Town of Abbot for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ice Jams

$7K to the Town of Abbot for repairs
Piscataquis County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Abbot

Abbot and the towns around it

Monson: Moderate, mostly cold wavesGuilford: High, mostly cold wavesWillimantic: Moderate, mostly cold wavesShirley: Moderate, mostly cold wavesSangerville: High, mostly cold wavesDover-Foxcroft: Moderate, mostly cold wavesParkman: Moderate, mostly cold wavesAbbot: Moderate, mostly cold waves AbbotMonsonGuilford
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Guilfordmostly cold wavesHigh
Monsonmostly cold wavesModerate
Abbotmostly cold wavesModerate
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. Abbot 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 Abbot’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Abbot. 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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