Natural hazards · Limington

Limington, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Limington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1978. 14 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Limington?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Limington to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding58%Hurricanes19%Ice storms7%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Limington faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Ice storms

7% 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 Limington flood?

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

3paid claims since 1978

$17Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

April 2007 Nor'easter: 2 claims, $16K

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Limington 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 Limington

14 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LimingtonDeclared for York County only

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2022

Severe Storm and Flooding

$199K to the Town of Limington for repairs

2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$108K to the Town of Limington for repairs

2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$16K to the Town of Limington for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$5K to the Town of Limington for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$30K to the Town of Limington for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$53K to the Town of Limington for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$2K to the Town of Limington for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

23 households applied for aid $36K aid approved $80K to the Town of Limington for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$24K to the Town of Limington for repairs

2005

Snow

$16K to the Town of Limington for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$25K to the Town of Limington for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Limington for repairs

York County has had 36 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Limington

Limington and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Cornishmostly inland floodingModerate

Hollismostly inland floodingLow

Waterboromostly inland floodingLow

Limingtonmostly inland floodingLow

Standishmostly inland floodingLow

Baldwinmostly 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. Limington covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Limington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Limington. 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 Limington total about $653K 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.