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Natural hazards · Mars Hill

Mars Hill, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mars Hill comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1980. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Mars Hill?

42
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mars Hill to be higher than in 42% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding43%Cold waves40%Hurricanes7%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Mars Hill faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

40% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 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 22 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Mars Hill flood?

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

1paid claims since 1980
$87paid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19802026
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Mars Hill 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 Mars Hill

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Mars HillDeclared for Aroostook County only
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Town of Mars Hill for repairs
2005

Snow

$21K to the Town of Mars Hill for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$8K to the Town of Mars Hill for repairs
2003

Snow

$21K to the Town of Mars Hill for repairs
2001

Snow

$4K to the Town of Mars Hill for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ice Jams

$27K to the Town of Mars Hill for repairs
Aroostook County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.
Around Mars Hill

Mars Hill and the towns around it

Blaine: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEaston: Very low, mostly cold wavesWestfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBridgewater: Low, mostly inland floodingPresque Isle: Low, mostly cold wavesFort Fairfield: Very low, mostly cold wavesMars Hill: Moderate, mostly inland flooding Mars HillBlaineEastonWestfield
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Mars Hillmostly inland floodingModerate
Blainemostly inland floodingModerate
Westfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Eastonmostly 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. Mars Hill covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mars Hill’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Mars Hill. 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 Mars Hill total about $1.4M 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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