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Natural hazards · Kingfield

Kingfield, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kingfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 14 claims here since 1987. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Kingfield?

71
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kingfield to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Cold waves13%Hurricanes11%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Kingfield faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Kingfield flood?

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

14paid claims since 1987
$353Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
19872026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Irene: 5 claims, $115K
  • December Nor'easter: 2 claims, $123K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Kingfield isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Franklin County.
Disasters that hit Kingfield

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KingfieldDeclared for Franklin County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $82K aid approved $413K to the Town of Kingfield for repairs
2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$31K to the Town of Kingfield for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$69K to the Town of Kingfield for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$9K to the Town of Kingfield for repairs
2005

Snow

$6K to the Town of Kingfield for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$5K to the Town of Kingfield for repairs
2003

Snow

$6K to the Town of Kingfield for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt and Ice Jams

$6K to the Town of Kingfield for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$6K to the Town of Kingfield for repairs
2001

Snow

$5K to the Town of Kingfield for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ice Jams

$8K to the Town of Kingfield for repairs
Franklin County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Kingfield

Kingfield and the towns around it

Carrabassett Valley: High, mostly inland floodingNew Portland: High, mostly inland floodingHighland plantation: High, mostly inland floodingEmbden: High, mostly inland floodingAnson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNew Vineyard: High, mostly inland floodingKingfield: High, mostly inland flooding KingfieldCarrabassett ValleyNew Portland
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Kingfieldmostly inland floodingHigh
Carrabassett Valleymostly inland floodingHigh
New Portlandmostly inland floodingHigh
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. Kingfield 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 Kingfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Kingfield. 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.

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