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Leeds, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Leeds comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim 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 Leeds?

37
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Leeds to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding45%Drought21%Hurricanes17%Everything else18%
By hazard

What Leeds faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

21% of expected damage
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

17% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Leeds flood?

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

1paid claims since 1987
$1Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19872026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Leeds isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Androscoggin County.
Disasters that hit Leeds

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LeedsDeclared for Androscoggin County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$13K to the Town of Leeds for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$11K to the Town of Leeds for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$45K to the Town of Leeds for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$32K to the Town of Leeds for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$52K to the Town of Leeds for repairs
2005

Record Snow

$8K to the Town of Leeds for repairs
2005

Snow

$12K to the Town of Leeds for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$10K to the Town of Leeds for repairs
2003

Snow

$8K to the Town of Leeds for repairs
2001

Snow

$9K to the Town of Leeds for repairs
Androscoggin County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Leeds

Leeds and the towns around it

Turner: Low, mostly inland floodingLivermore: Low, mostly inland floodingWayne: Very low, mostly inland floodingMonmouth: Low, mostly inland floodingGreene: Low, mostly inland floodingBuckfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLivermore Falls: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCanton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHartford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingJay: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWinthrop: Very low, mostly inland floodingReadfield: Very low, mostly inland floodingFayette: Very low, mostly inland floodingWales: Low, mostly inland floodingLitchfield: Low, mostly inland floodingWest Gardiner: Low, mostly inland floodingAuburn: Low, mostly inland floodingLewiston: Low, mostly inland floodingSabattus: Low, mostly inland floodingLeeds: Low, mostly inland flooding LeedsTurnerLivermoreWayneMonmouthGreene
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Leedsmostly inland floodingLow
Turnermostly inland floodingLow
Livermoremostly inland floodingLow
Monmouthmostly inland floodingLow
Greenemostly inland floodingLow
Waynemostly inland floodingVery low
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. Leeds covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Leeds’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Leeds. 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 Leeds total about $767K 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.

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