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Natural hazards · Parsonsfield

Parsonsfield, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Parsonsfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1980. 18 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Parsonsfield?

41
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Parsonsfield to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding67%Hurricanes16%Ice storms5%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Parsonsfield faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

16% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Ice storms

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Parsonsfield flood?

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

1paid claims since 1980
$351paid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19802026
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Parsonsfield isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: York County.
Disasters that hit Parsonsfield

18 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ParsonsfieldDeclared for York County only
2024

Severe Winter Storm

$74K to the Town of Parsonsfield for repairs
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $8K aid approved
2022

Severe Storm and Flooding

$258K to the Town of Parsonsfield for repairs
2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$13K to the Town of Parsonsfield for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$6K to the Town of Parsonsfield for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Parsonsfield for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$22K to the Town of Parsonsfield for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$23K to the Town of Parsonsfield for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$68K to the Town of Parsonsfield for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$36K to the Town of Parsonsfield for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$96K to the Town of Parsonsfield for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

7 households applied for aid $9K aid approved $554K to the Town of Parsonsfield for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $36K to the Town of Parsonsfield for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$72K to the Town of Parsonsfield for repairs
2005

Snow

$3K to the Town of Parsonsfield for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$9K to the Town of Parsonsfield for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$17K to the Town of Parsonsfield for repairs
2001

Snow

$2K to the Town of Parsonsfield for repairs
York County has had 36 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Parsonsfield

Parsonsfield and the towns around it

Porter: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHiram: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCornish: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEffingham: High, mostly inland floodingNewfield: Low, mostly inland floodingLimerick: Very low, mostly inland floodingFreedom: High, mostly inland floodingBrownfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBaldwin: Low, mostly inland floodingSebago: Low, mostly inland floodingDenmark: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLimington: Low, mostly inland floodingOssipee: High, mostly inland floodingWakefield: High, mostly inland floodingShapleigh: Low, mostly inland floodingActon: Low, mostly inland floodingWaterboro: Low, mostly inland floodingParsonsfield: Moderate, mostly inland flooding ParsonsfieldPorterHiramCornishEffinghamNewfieldLimerick
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Effinghammostly inland floodingHigh
Portermostly inland floodingModerate
Hirammostly inland floodingModerate
Parsonsfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Cornishmostly inland floodingModerate
Newfieldmostly inland floodingLow
Limerickmostly inland floodingVery low
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. Parsonsfield covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Parsonsfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Parsonsfield. 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 Parsonsfield total about $1.0M 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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