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Natural hazards · Limerick

Limerick, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Limerick comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2014. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Limerick?

16
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Limerick to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding49%Hurricanes22%Ice storms8%Everything else22%
By hazard

What Limerick 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 16% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

22% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Ice storms

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold 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 Limerick flood?

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

1paid claims since 2014
$9Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20142026
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Limerick isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: York County.
Disasters that hit Limerick

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LimerickDeclared for York County only
2024

Severe Winter Storm

$44K to the Town of Limerick for repairs
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid
2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Limerick for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$13K to the Town of Limerick for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$23K to the Town of Limerick for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

21 households applied for aid $45K aid approved $58K to the Town of Limerick for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $14K aid approved $6K to the Town of Limerick for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$8K to the Town of Limerick for repairs
York County has had 36 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Limerick

Limerick and the towns around it

Waterboro: Low, mostly inland floodingNewfield: Low, mostly inland floodingLimington: Low, mostly inland floodingCornish: Moderate, mostly inland floodingParsonsfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAlfred: Low, mostly inland floodingLyman: Low, mostly inland floodingHollis: Low, mostly inland floodingShapleigh: Low, mostly inland floodingActon: Low, mostly inland floodingWakefield: High, mostly inland floodingStandish: Low, mostly inland floodingBaldwin: Low, mostly inland floodingHiram: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPorter: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEffingham: High, mostly inland floodingLimerick: Very low, mostly inland flooding LimerickWaterboroNewfieldLimingtonCornishParsonsfield
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Cornishmostly inland floodingModerate
Parsonsfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Waterboromostly inland floodingLow
Limingtonmostly inland floodingLow
Newfieldmostly inland floodingLow
Limerickmostly 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. Limerick covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Limerick’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Limerick. 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 Limerick total about $505K 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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