Natural hazards · Glenburn

Glenburn, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Glenburn comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1978. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Glenburn?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Glenburn to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding61%Hurricanes12%Winter weather7%Ice storms6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Glenburn faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Winter weather

7% 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

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Glenburn flood?

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

11paid claims since 1978

$69Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

April 2007 Nor'easter: 1 claim, $8K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Glenburn 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 Glenburn

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GlenburnDeclared for Penobscot County only

2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

$112K to the Town of Glenburn for repairs

2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$11K to the Town of Glenburn for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2005

Snow

$4K to the Town of Glenburn for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$5K to the Town of Glenburn for repairs

2003

Snow

$8K to the Town of Glenburn for repairs

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

Around Glenburn

Glenburn and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Glenburnmostly inland floodingModerate

Kenduskeagmostly inland floodingModerate

Oronomostly inland floodingLow

Hudsonmostly inland floodingLow

Levantmostly inland floodingLow

Hermonmostly inland floodingVery 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. Glenburn covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Glenburn’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Glenburn. 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 Glenburn total about $1.5M 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.