Natural hazards · Hudson

Hudson, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hudson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1979. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hudson?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hudson to be higher than in 24% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding54%Hurricanes14%Winter weather8%Everything else24%

By hazard

What Hudson faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Winter weather

8% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 24 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsCold 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 Hudson flood?

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

2paid claims since 1979

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Hudson 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 Hudson

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HudsonDeclared for Penobscot County only

2005

Snow

$6K to the Town of Hudson for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$6K to the Town of Hudson for repairs

2003

Snow

$8K to the Town of Hudson for repairs

2001

Snow

$2K to the Town of Hudson for repairs

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

Around Hudson

Hudson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Altonmostly inland floodingModerate

Glenburnmostly inland floodingModerate

Hudsonmostly inland floodingLow

Bradfordmostly inland floodingLow

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