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Natural hazards · Cooper

Cooper, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cooper comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Cooper?

52
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cooper to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding41%Hurricanes28%Cold waves9%Ice storms9%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Cooper faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

28% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Ice storms

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Cooper flood?

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

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

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CooperDeclared for Washington County only
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $300 aid approved
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$14K to the Town of Cooper for repairs
2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$10K to the Town of Cooper for repairs
2001

Snow

$1K to the Town of Cooper for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ice Jams

$3K to the Town of Cooper for repairs
Washington County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Cooper

Cooper and the towns around it

Charlotte: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMeddybemps: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAlexander: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBaring plantation: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRobbinston: Low, mostly hurricanesPembroke: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPrinceton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCrawford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBaileyville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCooper: Moderate, mostly inland flooding CooperCharlotteMeddybempsAlexander
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Alexandermostly inland floodingModerate
Coopermostly inland floodingModerate
Charlottemostly inland floodingModerate
Meddybempsmostly 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. Cooper is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Cooper’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Cooper. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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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