Natural hazards · Greenbush

Greenbush, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greenbush comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1979. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Greenbush?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Greenbush to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Hurricanes9%Winter weather7%Ice storms5%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Greenbush faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 13 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

5% 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 Greenbush flood?

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

5paid claims since 1979

$22Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Greenbush 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Greenbush

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreenbushDeclared for Penobscot County only

2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$3K to the Town of Greenbush for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $14K aid approved $4K to the Town of Greenbush for repairs

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

Around Greenbush

Greenbush and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Milfordmostly inland floodingModerate

Greenbushmostly inland floodingModerate

Passadumkeagmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Greenbush covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Greenbush’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Greenbush. 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 Greenbush total about $406K 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.