Natural hazards · Eddington

Eddington, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eddington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Eddington?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eddington to be higher than in 25% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding52%Hurricanes13%Winter weather9%Ice storms7%Cold waves6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Eddington faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Winter weather

9% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 24 times a year in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailHeat 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 Eddington flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Eddington 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 Eddington

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Penobscot County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Eddington itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into EddingtonDeclared for Penobscot County only

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

Around Eddington

Eddington and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Dedhammostly inland floodingHigh

Bradleymostly inland floodingModerate

Brewermostly inland floodingModerate

Veaziemostly inland floodingLow

Oronomostly inland floodingLow

Eddingtonmostly inland floodingLow

Holdenmostly inland floodingLow

Cliftonmostly 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. Eddington covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Eddington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Eddington. 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 Eddington total about $1.1M 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.