Natural hazards · Alfred

Alfred, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Alfred comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2007. 16 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Alfred?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Alfred to be higher than in 28% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding53%Hurricanes24%Ice storms8%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Alfred faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Ice storms

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Alfred flood?

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

1paid claims since 2007

$1Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20072026

Biggest named events

April 2007 Nor'easter: 1 claim, $1K

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 05% off flood insurance. Alfred is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 9) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: York County.

Disasters that hit Alfred

16 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AlfredDeclared for York County only

2024

Severe Winter Storm

$255K to the Town of Alfred for repairs

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $4K aid approved

2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$12K to the Town of Alfred for repairs

2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$24K to the Town of Alfred for repairs

2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$31K to the Town of Alfred for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$13K to the Town of Alfred for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$36K to the Town of Alfred for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$67K to the Town of Alfred for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$24K to the Town of Alfred for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

13 households applied for aid $12K aid approved $807K to the Town of Alfred for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $9K aid approved $72K to the Town of Alfred for repairs

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$71K to the Town of Alfred for repairs

2005

Snow

$16K to the Town of Alfred for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$35K to the Town of Alfred for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Town of Alfred for repairs

2001

Snow

$10K to the Town of Alfred for repairs

York County has had 36 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Alfred

Alfred and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Alfredmostly inland floodingLow

Waterboromostly inland floodingLow

Sanfordmostly inland floodingLow

Lymanmostly inland floodingLow

Shapleighmostly inland floodingLow

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. Alfred covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Alfred’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Alfred. 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 Alfred total about $593K 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.