Natural hazards · Newfield

Newfield, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 12 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newfield?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newfield to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding57%Hurricanes19%Ice storms7%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Newfield faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Newfield flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Newfield isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: York County.

Disasters that hit Newfield

12 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewfieldDeclared for York County only

2024

Severe Winter Storm

$36K to the Town of Newfield for repairs

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2022

Severe Storm and Flooding

$76K to the Town of Newfield for repairs

2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$5K to the Town of Newfield for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$2K to the Town of Newfield for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$20K to the Town of Newfield for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$56K to the Town of Newfield for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$15K to the Town of Newfield for repairs

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$3K to the Town of Newfield for repairs

2005

Snow

$4K to the Town of Newfield for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$4K to the Town of Newfield for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$229 to the Town of Newfield for repairs

York County has had 36 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Newfield

Newfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wakefieldmostly inland floodingHigh

Parsonsfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Newfieldmostly inland floodingLow

Shapleighmostly inland floodingLow

Actonmostly inland floodingLow

Limerickmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Newfield covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Newfield. 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 Newfield total about $667K 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.