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Newport, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Newport?

25
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newport to be higher than in 25% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding55%Hurricanes16%Ice storms8%Winter weather6%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Newport faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

16% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Ice storms

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Winter weather

6% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 24 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailCold 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 Newport flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Newport isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Penobscot County.
Disasters that hit Newport

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewportDeclared for Penobscot County only
2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$6K to the Town of Newport for repairs
2005

Snow

$8K to the Town of Newport for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$7K to the Town of Newport for repairs
2001

Snow

$5K to the Town of Newport for repairs
Penobscot County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Newport

Newport and the towns around it

Palmyra: Low, mostly cold wavesPlymouth: Low, mostly inland floodingCorinna: Low, mostly inland floodingStetson: Low, mostly inland floodingHartland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSt. Albans: Low, mostly inland floodingPittsfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDetroit: Low, mostly cold wavesEtna: Low, mostly inland floodingDexter: Very low, mostly inland floodingExeter: Low, mostly inland floodingLevant: Low, mostly inland floodingNewport: Low, mostly inland flooding NewportPalmyraPlymouthCorinnaStetson
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Palmyramostly cold wavesLow
Plymouthmostly inland floodingLow
Newportmostly inland floodingLow
Corinnamostly inland floodingLow
Stetsonmostly 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. Newport covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Newport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Newport. 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 Newport total about $1.0M 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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