Natural hazards · Jonesboro

Jonesboro, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jonesboro comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Jonesboro?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jonesboro to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and coastal flooding.

Hurricanes31%Coastal flooding30%Inland flooding17%Ice storms8%Cold waves6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Jonesboro faces

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

Hurricanes

31% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Coastal flooding

30% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 3% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Jonesboro flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Jonesboro

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JonesboroDeclared for Washington County only

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $600 aid approved $256K to the Town of Jonesboro for repairs

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$8K to the Town of Jonesboro for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$2K to the Town of Jonesboro for repairs

Washington County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Jonesboro

Jonesboro and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Whitneyvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Addisonmostly hurricanesModerate

Columbia Fallsmostly hurricanesModerate

Jonesboromostly hurricanesModerate

Jonesportmostly hurricanesModerate

Roque Bluffsmostly hurricanesModerate

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