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Lisbon, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lisbon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1987. 12 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Lisbon?

31
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lisbon to be higher than in 31% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding49%Hurricanes19%Ice storms7%Earthquakes6%Winter weather5%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Lisbon 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
Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

19% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Winter weather

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailCold wavesHeat 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 Lisbon flood?

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

4paid claims since 1987
$121Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19872026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Lisbon 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 Lisbon

12 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LisbonDeclared for Androscoggin County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

22 households applied for aid $23K aid approved $145K to the Town of Lisbon for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$21K to the Town of Lisbon for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$24K to the Town of Lisbon for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$21K to the Town of Lisbon for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$8K to the Town of Lisbon for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$10K to the Town of Lisbon for repairs
2005

Record Snow

$17K to the Town of Lisbon for repairs
2005

Snow

$10K to the Town of Lisbon for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$15K to the Town of Lisbon for repairs
2003

Snow

$8K to the Town of Lisbon for repairs
2002

Severe Winter Cold and Frost

$13K to the Town of Lisbon for repairs
2001

Snow

$18K to the Town of Lisbon for repairs
Androscoggin County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Lisbon

Lisbon and the towns around it

Bowdoin: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTopsham: Low, mostly inland floodingDurham: Low, mostly inland floodingLewiston: Low, mostly inland floodingSabattus: Low, mostly inland floodingRichmond: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBowdoinham: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLitchfield: Low, mostly inland floodingBrunswick: Very low, mostly inland floodingBath: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAuburn: Low, mostly inland floodingPownal: Very low, mostly inland floodingFreeport: Very low, mostly inland floodingNew Gloucester: Very low, mostly inland floodingGreene: Low, mostly inland floodingWales: Low, mostly inland floodingLisbon: Low, mostly inland flooding LisbonBowdoinTopshamDurhamLewistonSabattus
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Bowdoinmostly inland floodingModerate
Lisbonmostly inland floodingLow
Topshammostly inland floodingLow
Durhammostly inland floodingLow
Sabattusmostly inland floodingLow
Lewistonmostly 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. Lisbon covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lisbon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lisbon. 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 Lisbon total about $1.7M 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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