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Natural hazards · Hollis

Hollis, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hollis comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2013. 13 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Hollis?

36
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hollis to be higher than in 36% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding59%Hurricanes22%Ice storms7%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Hollis faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

22% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold 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 Hollis flood?

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

1paid claims since 2013
$7Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20132026
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Hollis isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: York County.
Disasters that hit Hollis

13 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HollisDeclared for York County only
2024

Severe Winter Storm

$52K to the Town of Hollis for repairs
2022

Severe Storm and Flooding

$9K to the Town of Hollis for repairs
2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$9K to the Town of Hollis for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$21K to the Town of Hollis for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$13K to the Town of Hollis for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$20K to the Town of Hollis for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$68K to the Town of Hollis for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$220K to the Town of Hollis for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Hollis for repairs
2005

Snow

$14K to the Town of Hollis for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$18K to the Town of Hollis for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Town of Hollis for repairs
2001

Snow

$9K to the Town of Hollis for repairs
York County has had 36 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Hollis

Hollis and the towns around it

Dayton: Low, mostly inland floodingBuxton: Low, mostly inland floodingStandish: Low, mostly inland floodingWaterboro: Low, mostly inland floodingLimington: Low, mostly inland floodingLyman: Low, mostly inland floodingSaco: Low, mostly inland floodingBiddeford: Low, mostly inland floodingGorham: Low, mostly inland floodingWindham: Low, mostly inland floodingRaymond: Low, mostly inland floodingSebago: Low, mostly inland floodingBaldwin: Low, mostly inland floodingLimerick: Very low, mostly inland floodingAlfred: Low, mostly inland floodingCornish: Moderate, mostly inland floodingArundel: Low, mostly inland floodingHollis: Low, mostly inland flooding HollisDaytonBuxtonStandishWaterboroLimingtonLyman
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Hollismostly inland floodingLow
Waterboromostly inland floodingLow
Limingtonmostly inland floodingLow
Standishmostly inland floodingLow
Lymanmostly inland floodingLow
Daytonmostly inland floodingLow
Buxtonmostly 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. Hollis covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hollis’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Hollis. 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 Hollis total about $1.1M 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.

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