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Natural hazards · East Millinocket

East Millinocket, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in East Millinocket comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1987. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is East Millinocket?

27
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in East Millinocket to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding54%Cold waves12%Winter weather11%Hurricanes10%Everything else14%
By hazard

What East Millinocket faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Winter weather

11% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 29 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 East Millinocket flood?

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

4paid claims since 1987
$4Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19872026
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. East Millinocket isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Penobscot County.
Disasters that hit East Millinocket

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into East MillinocketDeclared for Penobscot County only
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$19K to the Town of East Millinocket for repairs
2005

Snow

$11K to the Town of East Millinocket for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$8K to the Town of East Millinocket for repairs
2002

Severe Winter Cold and Frost

$2K to the Town of East Millinocket for repairs
2001

Snow

$5K to the Town of East Millinocket for repairs
Penobscot County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
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. East Millinocket covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to East Millinocket’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of East Millinocket. 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 East Millinocket total about $302K 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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