Natural hazards · Arundel

Arundel, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Arundel comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 2006. 14 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Arundel?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Arundel to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding52%Hurricanes24%Ice storms8%Earthquakes5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Arundel faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% 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 7 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

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Arundel flood?

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

7paid claims since 2006

$123Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20062026

Biggest named events

April 2007 Nor'easter: 4 claims, $83K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: York County.

Disasters that hit Arundel

14 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ArundelDeclared for York County only

2024

Severe Winter Storm

$38K to the Town of Arundel for repairs

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$5K to the Town of Arundel for repairs

2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$16K to the Town of Arundel for repairs

2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$22K to the Town of Arundel for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$7K to the Town of Arundel for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$16K to the Town of Arundel for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$73K to the Town of Arundel for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

19 households applied for aid $36K aid approved $63K to the Town of Arundel for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $10K to the Town of Arundel for repairs

2005

Snow

$9K to the Town of Arundel for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$25K to the Town of Arundel for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Town of Arundel for repairs

2001

Snow

$9K to the Town of Arundel for repairs

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

Around Arundel

Arundel and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Kennebunkportmostly coastal floodingModerate

Kennebunkmostly inland floodingLow

Arundelmostly inland floodingLow

Lymanmostly 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. Arundel covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Arundel’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Arundel. 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 Arundel total about $941K 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.