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Mexico, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mexico comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 50 claims here since 1979. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Mexico?

81
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mexico to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding77%Hurricanes9%Cold waves7%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Mexico faces

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

Inland flooding

77% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Mexico flood?

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

50paid claims since 1979
$1.4Mpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • December Nor'easter: 10 claims, $785K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Mexico isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Oxford County.
Disasters that hit Mexico

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MexicoDeclared for Oxford County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

102 households applied for aid $692K aid approved $591K to the Town of Mexico for repairs
2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$70K to the Town of Mexico for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$18K to the Town of Mexico for repairs
2005

Record Snow

$10K to the Town of Mexico for repairs
2005

Snow

$10K to the Town of Mexico for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$11K to the Town of Mexico for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt and Ice Jams

$10K to the Town of Mexico for repairs
2003

Snow

$9K to the Town of Mexico for repairs
2001

Snow

$23K to the Town of Mexico for repairs
1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$22K to the Town of Mexico for repairs
Oxford County has had 33 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Mexico

Mexico and the towns around it

Dixfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRumford: High, mostly inland floodingPeru: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRoxbury: Very high, mostly inland floodingCarthage: High, mostly inland floodingWilton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCanton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBethel: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSumner: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHartford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWoodstock: Low, mostly inland floodingWeld: High, mostly inland floodingByron: Very high, mostly inland floodingAndover: High, mostly inland floodingMexico: Very high, mostly inland flooding MexicoDixfieldRumfordPeruRoxburyCarthage
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Mexicomostly inland floodingVery high
Roxburymostly inland floodingVery high
Carthagemostly inland floodingHigh
Rumfordmostly inland floodingHigh
Dixfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Perumostly inland floodingModerate
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. Mexico is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mexico’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Mexico. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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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