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Norway, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Norway comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1986. 14 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Norway?

30
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Norway to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding48%Hurricanes22%Cold waves10%Ice storms6%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Norway faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

22% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Norway flood?

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

6paid claims since 1986
$38Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19862026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Norway 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 Norway

14 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NorwayDeclared for Oxford County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $20K aid approved $29K to the Town of Norway for repairs
2022

Severe Storm and Flooding

$42K to the Town of Norway for repairs
2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$9K to the Town of Norway for repairs
2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$17K to the Town of Norway for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

13 households applied for aid $7K aid approved $175K to the Town of Norway for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$93K to the Town of Norway for repairs
2005

Record Snow

$15K to the Town of Norway for repairs
2005

Snow

$15K to the Town of Norway for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$8K to the Town of Norway for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt and Ice Jams

$11K to the Town of Norway for repairs
2003

Snow

$10K to the Town of Norway for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Town of Norway for repairs
2001

Snow

$16K to the Town of Norway for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ice Jams

$13K to the Town of Norway for repairs
Oxford County has had 33 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Norway

Norway and the towns around it

Paris: Low, mostly inland floodingGreenwood: Low, mostly inland floodingWaterford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOtisfield: Low, mostly inland floodingHarrison: Low, mostly inland floodingOxford: Low, mostly inland floodingHebron: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWest Paris: High, mostly inland floodingBuckfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWoodstock: Low, mostly inland floodingBethel: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStoneham: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSweden: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBridgton: Very low, mostly inland floodingLovell: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNaples: Very low, mostly inland floodingPoland: Low, mostly inland floodingCasco: Low, mostly inland floodingMechanic Falls: Low, mostly inland floodingNorway: Low, mostly inland flooding NorwayParisGreenwoodWaterfordOtisfieldHarrisonOxford
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Waterfordmostly inland floodingModerate
Oxfordmostly inland floodingLow
Otisfieldmostly inland floodingLow
Norwaymostly inland floodingLow
Greenwoodmostly inland floodingLow
Parismostly inland floodingLow
Harrisonmostly 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. Norway covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Norway’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Norway. 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 Norway total about $1.6M 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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