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Clinton, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clinton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1979. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Clinton?

60
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clinton to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding56%Drought21%Hurricanes10%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Clinton faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Drought

21% of expected damage
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Clinton flood?

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

3paid claims since 1979
$111Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19792026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Clinton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Kennebec County.
Disasters that hit Clinton

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClintonDeclared for Kennebec County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

26 households applied for aid $7K aid approved $7K to the Town of Clinton for repairs
2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$35K to the Town of Clinton for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$2K to the Town of Clinton for repairs
2003

Snow

$3K to the Town of Clinton for repairs
Kennebec County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Clinton

Clinton and the towns around it

Burnham: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFairfield: Moderate, mostly cold wavesPittsfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCanaan: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBenton: High, mostly inland floodingSmithfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorridgewock: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSkowhegan: Low, mostly inland floodingDetroit: Low, mostly cold wavesHartland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPalmyra: Low, mostly cold wavesCornville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAlbion: Low, mostly inland floodingWinslow: Moderate, mostly inland floodingClinton: High, mostly inland flooding ClintonBurnhamFairfieldPittsfieldCanaanBenton
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Clintonmostly inland floodingHigh
Bentonmostly inland floodingHigh
Pittsfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Burnhammostly inland floodingModerate
Fairfieldmostly cold wavesModerate
Canaanmostly 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. Clinton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Clinton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Clinton. 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 Clinton total about $1.7M 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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