Natural hazards · Friendship

Friendship, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Friendship comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Friendship?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Friendship to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes33%Inland flooding25%Coastal flooding15%Ice storms9%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Friendship faces

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

Hurricanes

33% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 3% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Coastal flooding

15% of expected damage

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

Ice storms

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

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 Friendship flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Friendship isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Knox County.

Disasters that hit Friendship

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FriendshipDeclared for Knox County only

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $15K to the Town of Friendship for repairs

2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$5K to the Town of Friendship for repairs

2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$12K to the Town of Friendship for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$4K to the Town of Friendship for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$15K to the Town of Friendship for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

1 household applied for aid $17K to the Town of Friendship for repairs

2007

Flooding

$8K to the Town of Friendship for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$7K to the Town of Friendship for repairs

Knox County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Friendship

Friendship and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

St. Georgemostly coastal floodingModerate

Bremenmostly inland floodingLow

Bristolmostly inland floodingLow

Friendshipmostly hurricanesLow

Waldoboromostly inland floodingLow

Cushingmostly 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. Friendship covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Friendship’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Friendship. 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 Friendship total about $791K 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.