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Natural hazards · Dixfield

Dixfield, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dixfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1980. 13 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Dixfield?

54
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dixfield to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding58%Hurricanes15%Cold waves11%Everything else17%
By hazard

What Dixfield faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Dixfield flood?

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

3paid claims since 1980
$23Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19802026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Dixfield 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 Dixfield

13 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DixfieldDeclared for Oxford County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $32K aid approved $717K to the Town of Dixfield for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$6K to the Town of Dixfield for repairs
2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$12K to the Town of Dixfield for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved $43K to the Town of Dixfield for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$31K to the Town of Dixfield for repairs
2005

Record Snow

$7K to the Town of Dixfield for repairs
2005

Snow

$12K to the Town of Dixfield for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$10K to the Town of Dixfield for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt and Ice Jams

$41K to the Town of Dixfield for repairs
2003

Snow

$6K to the Town of Dixfield for repairs
2002

Severe Winter Cold and Frost

$25K to the Town of Dixfield for repairs
2001

Snow

$14K to the Town of Dixfield for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ice Jams

$2K to the Town of Dixfield for repairs
Oxford County has had 33 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Dixfield

Dixfield and the towns around it

Mexico: Very high, mostly inland floodingPeru: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCarthage: High, mostly inland floodingWilton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCanton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRumford: High, mostly inland floodingRoxbury: Very high, mostly inland floodingSumner: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHartford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWoodstock: Low, mostly inland floodingWeld: High, mostly inland floodingTemple: High, mostly inland floodingJay: Moderate, mostly inland floodingChesterville: High, mostly inland floodingFarmington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLivermore: Low, mostly inland floodingDixfield: Moderate, mostly inland flooding DixfieldMexicoPeruCarthageWiltonCanton
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Mexicomostly inland floodingVery high
Carthagemostly inland floodingHigh
Dixfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Cantonmostly inland floodingModerate
Perumostly inland floodingModerate
Wiltonmostly 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. Dixfield covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dixfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Dixfield. 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 Dixfield total about $1.0M 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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