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Natural hazards · Brownfield

Brownfield, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brownfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 13 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Brownfield?

56
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brownfield to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding57%Hurricanes17%Ice storms8%Cold waves8%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Brownfield faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

17% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Ice storms

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Brownfield flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Brownfield.

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Brownfield isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Oxford County.
Disasters that hit Brownfield

13 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrownfieldDeclared for Oxford County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $7K aid approved $50K to the Town of Brownfield for repairs
2022

Severe Storm and Flooding

$90K to the Town of Brownfield for repairs
2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$93K to the Town of Brownfield for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

13 households applied for aid $12K aid approved $65K to the Town of Brownfield for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$15K to the Town of Brownfield for repairs
2005

Record Snow

$6K to the Town of Brownfield for repairs
2005

Snow

$8K to the Town of Brownfield for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$8K to the Town of Brownfield for repairs
2003

Snow

$5K to the Town of Brownfield for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$14K to the Town of Brownfield for repairs
2001

Snow

$14K to the Town of Brownfield for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ice Jams

$13K to the Town of Brownfield for repairs
1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$7K to the Town of Brownfield for repairs
Oxford County has had 33 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Brownfield

Brownfield and the towns around it

Denmark: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHiram: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFryeburg: Moderate, mostly inland floodingConway: High, mostly inland floodingPorter: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEaton: High, mostly inland floodingBridgton: Very low, mostly inland floodingSebago: Low, mostly inland floodingCornish: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBaldwin: Low, mostly inland floodingParsonsfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStow: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSweden: Moderate, mostly inland floodingChatham: High, mostly inland floodingMadison: High, mostly inland floodingBartlett: Very high, mostly inland floodingAlbany: High, mostly inland floodingFreedom: High, mostly inland floodingBrownfield: Moderate, mostly inland flooding BrownfieldDenmarkHiramFryeburgConwayPorterEaton
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Conwaymostly inland floodingHigh
Eatonmostly inland floodingHigh
Hirammostly inland floodingModerate
Portermostly inland floodingModerate
Brownfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Denmarkmostly inland floodingModerate
Fryeburgmostly inland floodingModerate
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. Brownfield covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Brownfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Brownfield. 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 Brownfield 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.

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