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Natural hazards · New Sharon

New Sharon, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Sharon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1987. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is New Sharon?

60
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Sharon to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding49%Hurricanes18%Ice storms10%Cold waves9%Everything else15%
By hazard

What New Sharon 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
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

18% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Ice storms

10% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter 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 New Sharon flood?

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

1paid claims since 1987
$23Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19872026
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. New Sharon isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Franklin County.
Disasters that hit New Sharon

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New SharonDeclared for Franklin County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

22 households applied for aid $104K aid approved $164K to the Town of New Sharon for repairs
2022

Severe Storm and Flooding

$62K to the Town of New Sharon for repairs
2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$8K to the Town of New Sharon for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$37K to the Town of New Sharon for repairs
2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$30K to the Town of New Sharon for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$84K to the Town of New Sharon for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$13K to the Town of New Sharon for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt and Ice Jams

$25K to the Town of New Sharon for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ice Jams

$30K to the Town of New Sharon for repairs
Franklin County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around New Sharon

New Sharon and the towns around it

Chesterville: High, mostly inland floodingMercer: Moderate, mostly inland floodingIndustry: High, mostly inland floodingStarks: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFarmington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingVienna: Low, mostly inland floodingRome: Low, mostly inland floodingMount Vernon: Low, mostly inland floodingJay: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFayette: Very low, mostly inland floodingWilton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSmithfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorridgewock: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAnson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNew Vineyard: High, mostly inland floodingMadison: Low, mostly cold wavesStrong: High, mostly inland floodingTemple: High, mostly inland floodingBelgrade: Low, mostly inland floodingNew Sharon: High, mostly inland flooding New SharonChestervilleMercerIndustryStarksFarmingtonViennaRome
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Industrymostly inland floodingHigh
New Sharonmostly inland floodingHigh
Chestervillemostly inland floodingHigh
Farmingtonmostly inland floodingModerate
Mercermostly inland floodingModerate
Starksmostly inland floodingModerate
Viennamostly inland floodingLow
Romemostly 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. New Sharon 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 New Sharon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of New Sharon. 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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