Natural hazards · Moro plantation

Moro plantation, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Moro plantation comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Moro plantation?

30
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Moro plantation to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding47%Cold waves33%Hurricanes10%Winter weather5%Everything else5%
By hazard

What Moro plantation faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

33% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Winter weather

5% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 29 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 Moro plantation flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Moro plantation 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 Moro plantation

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Moro plantation itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Moro plantation.

Brought FEMA money into Moro plantationDeclared for Aroostook County only
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$14K to Moro plantation for repairs
Aroostook County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.
Around Moro plantation

Moro plantation and the towns around it

Merrill: Low, mostly inland floodingHersey: Low, mostly inland floodingDyer Brook: Low, mostly inland floodingSmyrna: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMount Chase: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCrystal: Low, mostly inland floodingOakfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingIsland Falls: Low, mostly inland floodingMoro plantation: Low, mostly inland flooding Moro plantationMerrillHerseyDyer Brook
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Moro plantationmostly inland floodingLow
Merrillmostly inland floodingLow
Herseymostly inland floodingLow
Dyer Brookmostly 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. Moro plantation 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 Moro plantation’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Moro plantation. 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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