Natural hazards · Allagash

Allagash, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Allagash comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1982. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Allagash?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Allagash to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding51%Cold waves34%Hurricanes7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Allagash faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

34% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Allagash flood?

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

2paid claims since 1982

$25Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19822026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Aroostook County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

12buildings floodproofed

5flood-prone homes bought out and moved

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Allagash

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AllagashDeclared for Aroostook County only

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

Aroostook County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

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. Allagash 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 Allagash’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Allagash. 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.