Natural hazards · Dresden

Dresden, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dresden comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1986. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dresden?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dresden to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding38%Hurricanes26%Coastal flooding10%Ice storms8%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Dresden faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Coastal flooding

10% of expected damage

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

Ice storms

8% 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 Dresden flood?

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

5paid claims since 1986

$23Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19862026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lincoln County.

Disasters that hit Dresden

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DresdenDeclared for Lincoln County only

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $700 aid approved

2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$19K to the Town of Dresden for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$1K to the Town of Dresden for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$17K to the Town of Dresden for repairs

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$17K to the Town of Dresden for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$5K to the Town of Dresden for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

2 households applied for aid $25K to the Town of Dresden for repairs

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$14K to the Town of Dresden for repairs

Lincoln County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Dresden

Dresden and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Pittstonmostly inland floodingModerate

Richmondmostly inland floodingModerate

Dresdenmostly inland floodingModerate

Wiscassetmostly inland floodingModerate

Alnamostly inland floodingModerate

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