Natural hazards · Edgecomb

Edgecomb, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Edgecomb comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Edgecomb?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Edgecomb to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding38%Hurricanes29%Ice storms9%Coastal flooding9%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Edgecomb 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

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

29% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Ice storms

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Coastal flooding

9% of expected damage

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

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 Edgecomb flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Edgecomb 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 Edgecomb

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EdgecombDeclared for Lincoln County only

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

$58K to the Town of Edgecomb for repairs

2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$25K to the Town of Edgecomb for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$27K to the Town of Edgecomb for repairs

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$49K to the Town of Edgecomb for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$15K to the Town of Edgecomb for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$28K to the Town of Edgecomb for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

3 households applied for aid $72K to the Town of Edgecomb for repairs

2001

Snow

$6K to the Town of Edgecomb for repairs

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

Around Edgecomb

Edgecomb and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Westport Islandmostly inland floodingModerate

Wiscassetmostly inland floodingModerate

Edgecombmostly inland floodingModerate

Newcastlemostly inland floodingModerate

South Bristolmostly hurricanesLow

Boothbaymostly hurricanesLow

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