Natural hazards · Cushing

Cushing, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cushing comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cushing?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cushing to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes33%Inland flooding25%Coastal flooding15%Ice storms9%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Cushing faces

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

Hurricanes

33% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 3% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Coastal flooding

15% of expected damage

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

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

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Cushing flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Knox County.

Disasters that hit Cushing

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CushingDeclared for Knox County only

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $45K aid approved

2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$10K to the Town of Cushing for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$18K to the Town of Cushing for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

1 household applied for aid $402 aid approved

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$859 to the Town of Cushing for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$5K to the Town of Cushing for repairs

Knox County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Cushing

Cushing and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

St. Georgemostly coastal floodingModerate

South Thomastonmostly hurricanesLow

Thomastonmostly hurricanesLow

Cushingmostly hurricanesLow

Friendshipmostly hurricanesLow

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