Natural hazards · Denmark

Denmark, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Denmark comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 12 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Denmark?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Denmark to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding57%Hurricanes17%Ice storms8%Cold waves8%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Denmark faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Ice storms

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Denmark flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Oxford County.

Disasters that hit Denmark

12 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DenmarkDeclared for Oxford County only

2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

$206K to the Town of Denmark for repairs

2022

Severe Storm and Flooding

$24K to the Town of Denmark for repairs

2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$23K to the Town of Denmark for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$3K to the Town of Denmark for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

14 households applied for aid $7K aid approved $99K to the Town of Denmark for repairs

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$13K to the Town of Denmark for repairs

2005

Record Snow

$6K to the Town of Denmark for repairs

2005

Snow

$9K to the Town of Denmark for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$7K to the Town of Denmark for repairs

2003

Snow

$4K to the Town of Denmark for repairs

2001

Snow

$14K to the Town of Denmark for repairs

2000

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ice Jams

$6K to the Town of Denmark for repairs

Oxford County has had 33 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Denmark

Denmark and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Hirammostly inland floodingModerate

Denmarkmostly inland floodingModerate

Brownfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Fryeburgmostly inland floodingModerate

Sebagomostly inland floodingLow

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