Natural hazards · Bremen

Bremen, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bremen comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2005. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bremen?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bremen to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding32%Hurricanes31%Coastal flooding11%Ice storms10%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Bremen faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

31% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Coastal flooding

11% of expected damage

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

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 Bremen flood?

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

1paid claims since 2005

$619paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20052026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lincoln County.

Disasters that hit Bremen

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BremenDeclared for Lincoln County only

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $300 aid approved

2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$6K to the Town of Bremen for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$12K to the Town of Bremen for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Bremen for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Bremen for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $24K to the Town of Bremen for repairs

2007

Flooding

$915 to the Town of Bremen for repairs

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$4K to the Town of Bremen for repairs

Lincoln County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Bremen

Bremen and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bremenmostly inland floodingLow

Bristolmostly inland floodingLow

Damariscottamostly inland floodingLow

Waldoboromostly inland floodingLow

Friendshipmostly hurricanesLow

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. Bremen covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bremen’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Bremen. 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 Bremen total about $1.2M 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.