Fort Kent, ME natural hazards
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fort Kent comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 95 claims here since 1978. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.
FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarationsHow exposed is Fort Kent?
FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fort Kent to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.
What Fort Kent faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.
Cold waves
Inland flooding
Hurricanes
Lower here
Not a risk here
Does Fort Kent flood?
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Fort Kent, from FEMA’s records.
Homes that flooded again and again
■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (2) ■ flooded 2+ times
are insured
What’s been done with FEMA grants
8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here
Disasters the President declared that paid out in Fort Kent itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Fort Kent.
Severe Storms and Flooding
Snow
Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams
Record And/Or Near Record Snow
Snow
Severe Winter Cold and Frost
Snow
Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ice Jams
Fort Kent and the towns around it
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FEMA’s expected losses across Fort Kent total about $2.4M 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.