Natural hazards · Newry

Newry, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newry comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2023. 13 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newry?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newry to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Hurricanes14%Cold waves6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Newry faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter 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 Newry flood?

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

1paid claims since 2023

$158Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20232026

Biggest named events

December Nor'easter: 1 claim, $158K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Oxford County.

Disasters that hit Newry

13 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NewryDeclared for Oxford County only

2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

17 households applied for aid $183K aid approved $463K to the Town of Newry for repairs

2022

Severe Storm and Flooding

$4K to the Town of Newry for repairs

2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Newry for repairs

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$3K to the Town of Newry for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$19K to the Town of Newry for repairs

2005

Record Snow

$1K to the Town of Newry for repairs

2005

Snow

$1K to the Town of Newry for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$1K to the Town of Newry for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt and Ice Jams

$8K to the Town of Newry for repairs

2003

Snow

$2K to the Town of Newry for repairs

2001

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$948 to the Town of Newry for repairs

2001

Snow

$4K to the Town of Newry for repairs

1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$1K to the Town of Newry for repairs

Oxford County has had 33 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Newry

Newry and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Newrymostly inland floodingHigh

Andovermostly inland floodingHigh

Hanovermostly inland floodingModerate

Bethelmostly 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. Newry 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 Newry’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Newry. 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.