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Greenville, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greenville comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1978. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Greenville?

19
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Greenville to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves.

Cold waves71%Inland flooding13%Hurricanes6%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Greenville faces

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

Cold waves

71% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

13% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Greenville flood?

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

1paid claims since 1978
$916paid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Greenville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Piscataquis County.
Disasters that hit Greenville

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreenvilleDeclared for Piscataquis County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

$367K to the Town of Greenville for repairs
2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$11K to the Town of Greenville for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$7K to the Town of Greenville for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$2K to the Town of Greenville for repairs
2005

Snow

$6K to the Town of Greenville for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$7K to the Town of Greenville for repairs
2003

Snow

$12K to the Town of Greenville for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt and Ice Jams

$16K to the Town of Greenville for repairs
2002

Severe Winter Cold and Frost

$5K to the Town of Greenville for repairs
2001

Snow

$3K to the Town of Greenville for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ice Jams

$23K to the Town of Greenville for repairs
Piscataquis County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Greenville

Greenville and the towns around it

Beaver Cove: Moderate, mostly inland floodingShirley: Moderate, mostly cold wavesMonson: Moderate, mostly cold wavesGreenville: Very low, mostly cold waves GreenvilleBeaver CoveShirley
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Beaver Covemostly inland floodingModerate
Shirleymostly cold wavesModerate
Greenvillemostly 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. Greenville 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 Greenville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Greenville. 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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