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Frenchville, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Frenchville comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1991. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Frenchville?

25
Low
vs. U.S. communities

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

Cold waves45%Inland flooding37%Hurricanes8%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Frenchville faces

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

Cold waves

45% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places
Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Frenchville flood?

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

1paid claims since 1991
$20Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19912026

Biggest named events

  • The “Halloween” storm: 1 claim, $20K
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Frenchville 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.
Disasters that hit Frenchville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FrenchvilleDeclared for Aroostook County only
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $7K aid approved $40K to the Town of Frenchville for repairs
2005

Snow

$21K to the Town of Frenchville for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$5K to the Town of Frenchville for repairs
2003

Snow

$13K to the Town of Frenchville for repairs
2001

Snow

$3K to the Town of Frenchville for repairs
Aroostook County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.
Around Frenchville

Frenchville and the towns around it

St. Agatha: Low, mostly cold wavesFort Kent: Moderate, mostly cold wavesMadawaska: Very low, mostly cold wavesNew Canada: High, mostly inland floodingWallagrass: High, mostly inland floodingGrand Isle: Low, mostly cold wavesFrenchville: Low, mostly cold waves FrenchvilleSt. AgathaFort KentMadawaska
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Fort Kentmostly cold wavesModerate
Frenchvillemostly cold wavesLow
St. Agathamostly cold wavesLow
Madawaskamostly cold wavesVery low
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. Frenchville 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 Frenchville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Frenchville. 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.

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