Natural hazards · Kenduskeag

Kenduskeag, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kenduskeag comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1998.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kenduskeag?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kenduskeag to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding61%Hurricanes12%Winter weather7%Ice storms6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Kenduskeag faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Winter weather

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 24 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailCold 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 Kenduskeag flood?

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

1paid claims since 1998

$4Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19982026

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Kenduskeag 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 Kenduskeag

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Penobscot County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Kenduskeag itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into KenduskeagDeclared for Penobscot County only

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

Around Kenduskeag

Kenduskeag and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Kenduskeagmostly inland floodingModerate

Glenburnmostly inland floodingModerate

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