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Natural hazards · Orrington

Orrington, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Orrington 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 Orrington?

28
Low
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding57%Hurricanes13%Ice storms7%Winter weather7%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Orrington faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Winter weather

7% 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

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailCold 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 Orrington flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Orrington 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 Orrington

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OrringtonDeclared for Penobscot County only
2005

Snow

$3K to the Town of Orrington for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$7K to the Town of Orrington for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$86K to the Town of Orrington for repairs
2001

Snow

$4K to the Town of Orrington for repairs
Penobscot County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Orrington

Orrington and the towns around it

Hampden: Low, mostly inland floodingBucksport: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWinterport: High, mostly inland floodingHolden: Low, mostly inland floodingBrewer: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHermon: Very low, mostly inland floodingNewburgh: Low, mostly inland floodingBangor: Low, mostly inland floodingOrland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingProspect: Low, mostly inland floodingVerona Island: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFrankfort: Low, mostly inland floodingDedham: High, mostly inland floodingMonroe: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEddington: Low, mostly inland floodingVeazie: Low, mostly inland floodingOrrington: Low, mostly inland flooding OrringtonHampdenBucksportWinterportHoldenBrewer
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Winterportmostly inland floodingHigh
Bucksportmostly inland floodingModerate
Brewermostly inland floodingModerate
Hampdenmostly inland floodingLow
Orringtonmostly inland floodingLow
Holdenmostly 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. Orrington covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Orrington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Orrington. 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 Orrington total about $999K 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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