Natural hazards · New Vineyard

New Vineyard, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Vineyard comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 New Vineyard?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Vineyard to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Hurricanes13%Cold waves13%Ice storms5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What New Vineyard faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Ice storms

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Vineyard flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. New Vineyard 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 Vineyard

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New VineyardDeclared for Franklin County only

2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

Franklin County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around New Vineyard

New Vineyard and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

New Vineyardmostly inland floodingHigh

Strongmostly inland floodingHigh

Industrymostly inland floodingHigh

New Portlandmostly inland floodingHigh

Farmingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Ansonmostly 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. New Vineyard 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 Vineyard’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of New Vineyard. 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.