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Natural hazards · Pittston

Pittston, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pittston comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2023. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Pittston?

55
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pittston to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding61%Hurricanes12%Ice storms6%Everything else21%
By hazard

What Pittston faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 10 years 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

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailWinter weatherCold 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 Pittston flood?

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

3paid claims since 2023
$109Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20232026

Biggest named events

  • December Nor'easter: 2 claims, $104K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Pittston isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Kennebec County.
Disasters that hit Pittston

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PittstonDeclared for Kennebec County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $19K aid approved $36K to the Town of Pittston for repairs
2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$14K to the Town of Pittston for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$11K to the Town of Pittston for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt and Ice Jams

$9K to the Town of Pittston for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ice Jams

$2K to the Town of Pittston for repairs
Kennebec County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Pittston

Pittston and the towns around it

Randolph: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGardiner: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRichmond: Moderate, mostly inland floodingChelsea: Low, mostly inland floodingWhitefield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDresden: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFarmingdale: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWest Gardiner: Low, mostly inland floodingLitchfield: Low, mostly inland floodingBowdoin: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBowdoinham: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHallowell: Very high, mostly inland floodingAugusta: Moderate, mostly inland floodingAlna: Moderate, mostly inland floodingJefferson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWindsor: Low, mostly inland floodingWiscasset: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWoolwich: Low, mostly inland floodingPittston: Moderate, mostly inland flooding PittstonRandolphGardinerRichmondChelseaWhitefieldDresden
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Pittstonmostly inland floodingModerate
Randolphmostly inland floodingModerate
Richmondmostly inland floodingModerate
Dresdenmostly inland floodingModerate
Whitefieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Gardinermostly inland floodingModerate
Chelseamostly 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. Pittston covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pittston’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Pittston. 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 Pittston total about $1.2M 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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