Natural hazards · Nobleboro

Nobleboro, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nobleboro comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 2001. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Nobleboro?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Nobleboro to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding35%Hurricanes32%Ice storms10%Coastal flooding5%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Nobleboro faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 11% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

32% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Ice storms

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Coastal flooding

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% 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 Nobleboro flood?

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

6paid claims since 2001

$91Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20012026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Nobleboro 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 Nobleboro

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NobleboroDeclared for Lincoln County only

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$13K to the Town of Nobleboro for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$4K to the Town of Nobleboro for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$6K to the Town of Nobleboro for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$14K to the Town of Nobleboro for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

3 households applied for aid $3K to the Town of Nobleboro for repairs

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$8K to the Town of Nobleboro for repairs

Lincoln County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Nobleboro

Nobleboro and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Jeffersonmostly inland floodingModerate

Newcastlemostly inland floodingModerate

Nobleboromostly inland floodingLow

Damariscottamostly inland floodingLow

Waldoboromostly 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. Nobleboro covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Nobleboro’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Nobleboro. 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 Nobleboro total about $1.1M 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.