Natural hazards · Eagle Lake

Eagle Lake, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eagle Lake comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 18 claims here since 1995. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Eagle Lake?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eagle Lake to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding51%Cold waves34%Hurricanes7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Eagle Lake faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

34% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 15 years 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 Eagle Lake flood?

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

18paid claims since 1995

$332Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19952026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Aroostook County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Eagle Lake

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Eagle LakeDeclared for Aroostook County only

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

29 households applied for aid $53K aid approved $148K to the Town of Eagle Lake for repairs

Aroostook County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Eagle Lake

Eagle Lake and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Eagle Lakemostly inland floodingHigh

Wallagrassmostly inland floodingHigh

Winterville plantationmostly inland floodingHigh

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