Natural hazards · Auburn

Auburn, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Auburn comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 54 claims here since 1979. 13 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Auburn?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Auburn to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding47%Hurricanes22%Ice storms9%Earthquakes6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Auburn faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Ice storms

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Auburn flood?

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

54paid claims since 1979

$581Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

December Nor'easter: 6 claims, $208K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Androscoggin County.

Disasters that hit Auburn

13 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AuburnDeclared for Androscoggin County only

2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

75 households applied for aid $58K aid approved $105K to the City of Auburn for repairs

2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$79K to the City of Auburn for repairs

2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$86K to the City of Auburn for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$281K to the City of Auburn for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$41K to the City of Auburn for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$32K to the City of Auburn for repairs

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$11K to the City of Auburn for repairs

2005

Record Snow

$48K to the City of Auburn for repairs

2005

Snow

$47K to the City of Auburn for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$51K to the City of Auburn for repairs

2003

Snow

$42K to the City of Auburn for repairs

2001

Snow

$58K to the City of Auburn for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$111K to the City of Auburn for repairs

Androscoggin County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Auburn

Auburn and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Auburnmostly inland floodingLow

Minotmostly inland floodingLow

Durhammostly inland floodingLow

Polandmostly inland floodingLow

Lewistonmostly inland floodingLow

Greenemostly inland floodingLow

New Gloucestermostly inland floodingVery low

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. Auburn covers 8 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Auburn’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Auburn. 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 Auburn total about $5.3M 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.