Natural hazards · Levant

Levant, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Levant comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Levant?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Levant to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding49%Hurricanes16%Winter weather8%Ice storms8%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Levant faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Winter weather

8% 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

8% 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 Levant flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Levant 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 Levant

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LevantDeclared for Penobscot County only

2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

$13K to the Town of Levant for repairs

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

Around Levant

Levant and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Glenburnmostly inland floodingModerate

Kenduskeagmostly inland floodingModerate

Stetsonmostly inland floodingLow

Levantmostly inland floodingLow

Corinthmostly 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. Levant covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Levant’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Levant. 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 Levant total about $660K 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.