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Natural hazards · Bucksport

Bucksport, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bucksport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1978. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bucksport?

48
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bucksport to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding40%Hurricanes19%Cold waves13%Coastal flooding8%Lightning5%Everything else15%
By hazard

What Bucksport faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

19% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Lightning

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bucksport flood?

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

2paid claims since 1978
$3Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Bucksport isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Hancock County.
Disasters that hit Bucksport

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BucksportDeclared for Hancock County only
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $13K aid approved
2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$9K to the Town of Bucksport for repairs
2007

Flooding

$11K to the Town of Bucksport for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$20K to the Town of Bucksport for repairs
2003

Snow

$20K to the Town of Bucksport for repairs
2001

Snow

$9K to the Town of Bucksport for repairs
Hancock County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Bucksport

Bucksport and the towns around it

Orland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWinterport: High, mostly inland floodingProspect: Low, mostly inland floodingOrrington: Low, mostly inland floodingVerona Island: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFrankfort: Low, mostly inland floodingDedham: High, mostly inland floodingHolden: Low, mostly inland floodingEllsworth: Low, mostly inland floodingPenobscot: Very low, mostly hurricanesMonroe: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHampden: Low, mostly inland floodingSearsport: Low, mostly inland floodingStockton Springs: Low, mostly inland floodingBrewer: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSwanville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOtis: High, mostly inland floodingEddington: Low, mostly inland floodingBucksport: Moderate, mostly inland flooding BucksportOrlandWinterportProspectOrringtonVerona IslandFrankfortDedhamHolden
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Dedhammostly inland floodingHigh
Winterportmostly inland floodingHigh
Orlandmostly inland floodingModerate
Verona Islandmostly inland floodingModerate
Bucksportmostly inland floodingModerate
Prospectmostly inland floodingLow
Frankfortmostly inland floodingLow
Orringtonmostly inland floodingLow
Holdenmostly 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. Bucksport covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bucksport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Bucksport. 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 Bucksport total about $1.6M 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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