Natural hazards · Alexander

Alexander, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Alexander comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Alexander?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Alexander to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding47%Hurricanes26%Cold waves9%Ice storms8%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Alexander faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Ice storms

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Alexander flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Alexander.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Alexander isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Alexander

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AlexanderDeclared for Washington County only

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $25K to the Town of Alexander for repairs

2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

$4K to the Town of Alexander for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the Town of Alexander for repairs

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$29K to the Town of Alexander for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$9K to the Town of Alexander for repairs

Washington County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Alexander

Alexander and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Alexandermostly inland floodingModerate

Princetonmostly inland floodingModerate

Crawfordmostly inland floodingModerate

Baileyvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Coopermostly inland floodingModerate

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. Alexander covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Alexander’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Alexander. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Alexander total about $602K a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.