Natural hazards · Limestone

Limestone, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Limestone comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Limestone?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Limestone to be higher than in 29% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves42%Inland flooding37%Hurricanes7%Earthquakes5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Limestone faces

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

Cold waves

42% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 25 years in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Limestone flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Limestone isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Aroostook County.

Disasters that hit Limestone

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LimestoneDeclared for Aroostook County only

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Town of Limestone for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $497 aid approved

2005

Snow

$22K to the Town of Limestone for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$6K to the Town of Limestone for repairs

2003

Snow

$17K to the Town of Limestone for repairs

2001

Snow

$3K to the Town of Limestone for repairs

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

Around Limestone

Limestone and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Caswellmostly cold wavesLow

Limestonemostly cold wavesLow

Cariboumostly cold wavesLow

Fort Fairfieldmostly cold wavesVery 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. Limestone covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Limestone’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Limestone. 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 Limestone total about $842K 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.