Natural hazards · Greenwood

Greenwood, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greenwood comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Greenwood?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Greenwood to be higher than in 29% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding44%Hurricanes20%Cold waves15%Ice storms5%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Greenwood faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 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

TornadoesHailWinter 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 Greenwood flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Oxford County.

Disasters that hit Greenwood

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreenwoodDeclared for Oxford County only

2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

Oxford County has had 33 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Greenwood

Greenwood and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

West Parismostly inland floodingHigh

Bethelmostly inland floodingModerate

Norwaymostly inland floodingLow

Greenwoodmostly inland floodingLow

Woodstockmostly inland floodingLow

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. Greenwood 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 Greenwood’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Greenwood. 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.