Natural hazards · Northport

Northport, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Northport comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1978. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Northport?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Northport to be higher than in 28% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes30%Inland flooding25%Coastal flooding15%Ice storms10%Cold waves7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Northport faces

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

Hurricanes

30% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 3% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Coastal flooding

15% of expected damage

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

Ice storms

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

TsunamisVolcanic 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 Northport flood?

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

9paid claims since 1978

$153Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Waldo County.

Disasters that hit Northport

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NorthportDeclared for Waldo County only

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $21K aid approved

2021

Severe Storm and Flooding

$77K to the Town of Northport for repairs

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$50K to the Town of Northport for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$5K to the Town of Northport for repairs

2007

Flooding

$78K to the Town of Northport for repairs

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$16K to the Town of Northport for repairs

Waldo County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Northport

Northport and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Belmontmostly inland floodingModerate

Northportmostly hurricanesLow

Lincolnvillemostly hurricanesLow

Belfastmostly 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. Northport covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

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