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Newcastle, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newcastle comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1978. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Newcastle?

44
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newcastle to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding38%Hurricanes29%Ice storms9%Coastal flooding9%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Newcastle faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

29% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Ice storms

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Coastal flooding

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Newcastle flood?

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

1paid claims since 1978
$5Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Newcastle isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Lincoln County.
Disasters that hit Newcastle

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewcastleDeclared for Lincoln County only
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $8K to the Town of Newcastle for repairs
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

$1.4M to the Town of Newcastle for repairs
2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$18K to the Town of Newcastle for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$807 to the Town of Newcastle for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$10K to the Town of Newcastle for repairs
2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$101K to the Town of Newcastle for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$11K to the Town of Newcastle for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$25K to the Town of Newcastle for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

9 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $130K to the Town of Newcastle for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$36K to the Town of Newcastle for repairs
Lincoln County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Newcastle

Newcastle and the towns around it

Alna: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDamariscotta: Low, mostly inland floodingNobleboro: Low, mostly inland floodingWiscasset: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSouth Bristol: Low, mostly hurricanesEdgecomb: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBristol: Low, mostly inland floodingJefferson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWhitefield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDresden: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBremen: Low, mostly inland floodingWaldoboro: Low, mostly inland floodingWoolwich: Low, mostly inland floodingWestport Island: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBoothbay: Low, mostly hurricanesSt. George: Moderate, mostly coastal floodingMonhegan plantation: Low, mostly inland floodingFriendship: Low, mostly hurricanesWindsor: Low, mostly inland floodingSomerville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWashington: Low, mostly inland floodingNewcastle: Moderate, mostly inland flooding NewcastleAlnaDamariscottaNobleboroWiscassetSouth BristolEdgecombBristolJefferson
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Wiscassetmostly inland floodingModerate
Jeffersonmostly inland floodingModerate
Newcastlemostly inland floodingModerate
Alnamostly inland floodingModerate
Edgecombmostly inland floodingModerate
Bristolmostly inland floodingLow
Damariscottamostly inland floodingLow
Nobleboromostly inland floodingLow
South Bristolmostly hurricanesLow
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. Newcastle covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newcastle’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Newcastle. 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 Newcastle total about $1.3M 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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