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Natural hazards · Avon

Avon, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Avon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2023. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Avon?

70
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Avon to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Hurricanes13%Cold waves13%Ice storms5%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Avon faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Ice storms

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter 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 Avon flood?

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

1paid claims since 2023
$199Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20232026

Biggest named events

  • December Nor'easter: 1 claim, $199K
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Avon isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Franklin County.
Disasters that hit Avon

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AvonDeclared for Franklin County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $68K aid approved $1.6M to the Town of Avon for repairs
2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$10K to the Town of Avon for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$15K to the Town of Avon for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$33K to the Town of Avon for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$25K to the Town of Avon for repairs
2005

Snow

$3K to the Town of Avon for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$3K to the Town of Avon for repairs
2003

Snow

$2K to the Town of Avon for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt and Ice Jams

$8K to the Town of Avon for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ice Jams

$21K to the Town of Avon for repairs
Franklin County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Avon

Avon and the towns around it

Strong: High, mostly inland floodingPhillips: High, mostly inland floodingTemple: High, mostly inland floodingWeld: High, mostly inland floodingNew Vineyard: High, mostly inland floodingFarmington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWilton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRoxbury: Very high, mostly inland floodingCarthage: High, mostly inland floodingAvon: High, mostly inland flooding AvonStrongPhillipsTempleWeld
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Phillipsmostly inland floodingHigh
Weldmostly inland floodingHigh
Avonmostly inland floodingHigh
Strongmostly inland floodingHigh
Templemostly inland floodingHigh
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. Avon 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 Avon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Avon. 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.

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