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Natural hazards · Buckfield

Buckfield, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Buckfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1987. 12 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Buckfield?

50
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Buckfield to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding48%Hurricanes23%Cold waves11%Ice storms6%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Buckfield faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

23% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter 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 Buckfield flood?

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

1paid claims since 1987
$414paid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19872026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Buckfield 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 Buckfield

12 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BuckfieldDeclared for Oxford County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $7K aid approved $140K to the Town of Buckfield for repairs
2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$259K to the Town of Buckfield for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$4K to the Town of Buckfield for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

2 households applied for aid $635 aid approved $51K to the Town of Buckfield for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$14K to the Town of Buckfield for repairs
2005

Record Snow

$9K to the Town of Buckfield for repairs
2005

Snow

$11K to the Town of Buckfield for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$8K to the Town of Buckfield for repairs
2003

Snow

$4K to the Town of Buckfield for repairs
2001

Snow

$13K to the Town of Buckfield for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ice Jams

$4K to the Town of Buckfield for repairs
1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$1K to the Town of Buckfield for repairs
Oxford County has had 33 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Buckfield

Buckfield and the towns around it

Sumner: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHartford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHebron: Moderate, mostly inland floodingParis: Low, mostly inland floodingTurner: Low, mostly inland floodingWoodstock: Low, mostly inland floodingPeru: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWest Paris: High, mostly inland floodingCanton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLivermore: Low, mostly inland floodingOxford: Low, mostly inland floodingMinot: Low, mostly inland floodingNorway: Low, mostly inland floodingLeeds: Low, mostly inland floodingGreene: Low, mostly inland floodingBuckfield: Moderate, mostly inland flooding BuckfieldSumnerHartfordHebronParisTurner
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Buckfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Hebronmostly inland floodingModerate
Sumnermostly inland floodingModerate
Hartfordmostly inland floodingModerate
Turnermostly inland floodingLow
Parismostly 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. Buckfield covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Buckfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Buckfield. 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 Buckfield total about $943K 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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