Natural hazards · Jackman

Jackman, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jackman comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jackman?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jackman to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding50%Cold waves37%Hurricanes8%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Jackman faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

37% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Jackman flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Somerset County.

Disasters that hit Jackman

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JackmanDeclared for Somerset County only

2001

Snow

$1K to the Town of Jackman for repairs

2000

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ice Jams

$2K to the Town of Jackman for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$3K to the Town of Jackman for repairs

Somerset County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Jackman covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Jackman’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Jackman. 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 Jackman total about $906K 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.