Natural hazards · Arrowsic

Arrowsic, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Arrowsic comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Arrowsic?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Arrowsic to be higher than in 36% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and coastal flooding.

Inland flooding34%Coastal flooding26%Hurricanes17%Ice storms10%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Arrowsic faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 9% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Coastal flooding

26% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Ice storms

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Arrowsic flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 15% off flood insurance. Arrowsic is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 7) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Sagadahoc County.

Disasters that hit Arrowsic

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ArrowsicDeclared for Sagadahoc County only

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $600 aid approved

2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$3K to the Town of Arrowsic for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Sagadahoc County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Arrowsic

Arrowsic and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bathmostly inland floodingModerate

Arrowsicmostly inland floodingLow

Georgetownmostly inland floodingLow

Woolwichmostly inland floodingLow

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