Natural hazards · Anson

Anson, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Anson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 21 claims here since 1979. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Anson?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Anson to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding35%Cold waves29%Hurricanes18%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Anson faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

29% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter 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 Anson flood?

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

21paid claims since 1979

$587Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

December Nor'easter: 4 claims, $411K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Somerset County.

Disasters that hit Anson

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AnsonDeclared for Somerset County only

2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

28 households applied for aid $115K aid approved $319K to the Town of Anson for repairs

2022

Severe Storm and Flooding

$324K to the Town of Anson for repairs

2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$9K to the Town of Anson for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$18K to the Town of Anson for repairs

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$7K to the Town of Anson for repairs

2005

Snow

$14K to the Town of Anson for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$12K to the Town of Anson for repairs

2003

Snow

$16K to the Town of Anson for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt and Ice Jams

$5K to the Town of Anson for repairs

2001

Snow

$14K to the Town of Anson for repairs

2000

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ice Jams

$18K to the Town of Anson for repairs

Somerset County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Anson

Anson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Industrymostly inland floodingHigh

New Vineyardmostly inland floodingHigh

Embdenmostly inland floodingHigh

New Portlandmostly inland floodingHigh

Ansonmostly inland floodingModerate

Starksmostly inland floodingModerate

Madisonmostly cold wavesLow

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. Anson covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Anson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Anson. 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 Anson total about $1.1M 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.