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Natural hazards · Blaine

Blaine, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blaine comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1979. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Blaine?

42
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blaine to be higher than in 42% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding43%Cold waves40%Hurricanes7%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Blaine faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

40% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 22 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 Blaine flood?

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

1paid claims since 1979
$993paid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19792026
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Blaine isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Aroostook County.
Disasters that hit Blaine

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BlaineDeclared for Aroostook County only
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$84K to the Town of Blaine for repairs
2005

Snow

$14K to the Town of Blaine for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$7K to the Town of Blaine for repairs
2003

Snow

$11K to the Town of Blaine for repairs
2001

Snow

$2K to the Town of Blaine for repairs
Aroostook County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.
Around Blaine

Blaine and the towns around it

Bridgewater: Low, mostly inland floodingMars Hill: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMonticello: Low, mostly inland floodingEaston: Very low, mostly cold wavesWestfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBlaine: Moderate, mostly inland flooding BlaineBridgewaterMars Hill
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Blainemostly inland floodingModerate
Mars Hillmostly inland floodingModerate
Bridgewatermostly 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. Blaine 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 Blaine’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Blaine. 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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