Natural hazards · Cornish

Cornish, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cornish comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cornish?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cornish to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding67%Hurricanes16%Ice storms5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Cornish faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Ice storms

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Cornish flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Cornish isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: York County.

Disasters that hit Cornish

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CornishDeclared for York County only

2024

Severe Winter Storm

$31K to the Town of Cornish for repairs

2022

Severe Storm and Flooding

$88K to the Town of Cornish for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$1K to the Town of Cornish for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$14K to the Town of Cornish for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

5 households applied for aid $9K aid approved $39K to the Town of Cornish for repairs

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$4K to the Town of Cornish for repairs

2005

Snow

$2K to the Town of Cornish for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$2K to the Town of Cornish for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Town of Cornish for repairs

2001

Snow

$2K to the Town of Cornish for repairs

York County has had 36 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Cornish

Cornish and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Hirammostly inland floodingModerate

Cornishmostly inland floodingModerate

Parsonsfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Limingtonmostly inland floodingLow

Baldwinmostly inland floodingLow

Limerickmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Cornish 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 Cornish’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Cornish. 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.