Natural hazards · Perry

Perry, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Perry comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Perry?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Perry to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes31%Inland flooding27%Ice storms11%Cold waves11%Coastal flooding9%Winter weather5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Perry faces

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

Hurricanes

31% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 8% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

9% of expected damage

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

Winter weather

5% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailHeat 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 Perry flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Perry

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PerryDeclared for Washington County only

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

21 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$5K to the Town of Perry for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$75K to the Town of Perry for repairs

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$4K to the Town of Perry for repairs

2000

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ice Jams

$8K to the Town of Perry for repairs

Washington County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Perry

Perry and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Pembrokemostly inland floodingModerate

Eastportmostly coastal floodingModerate

Perrymostly hurricanesLow

Lubecmostly hurricanesLow

Robbinstonmostly 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. Perry covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Perry’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Perry. 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 Perry total about $477K 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.