Natural hazards · Mapleton

Mapleton, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mapleton comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mapleton?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mapleton to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves49%Inland flooding32%Hurricanes7%Winter weather5%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Mapleton faces

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

Cold waves

49% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 20 years in the area

Winter weather

5% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 30 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsHeat 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 Mapleton flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Mapleton 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 Mapleton

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MapletonDeclared for Aroostook County only

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Town of Mapleton for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$44K to the Town of Mapleton for repairs

2005

Snow

$9K to the Town of Mapleton for repairs

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$38K to the Town of Mapleton for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$4K to the Town of Mapleton for repairs

2003

Snow

$8K to the Town of Mapleton for repairs

2001

Snow

$4K to the Town of Mapleton for repairs

2000

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ice Jams

$17K to the Town of Mapleton for repairs

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

Around Mapleton

Mapleton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Washburnmostly cold wavesLow

Mapletonmostly cold wavesVery low

Chapmanmostly cold wavesVery low

Castle Hillmostly 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. Mapleton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mapleton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Mapleton. 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 Mapleton total about $1.3M 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.