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Poland, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Poland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 12 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Poland?

22
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Poland to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding46%Hurricanes22%Ice storms8%Everything else23%
By hazard

What Poland faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

22% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Ice storms

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Poland flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Poland isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Androscoggin County.
Disasters that hit Poland

12 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PolandDeclared for Androscoggin County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $10K aid approved
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$20K to the Town of Poland for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$24K to the Town of Poland for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$54K to the Town of Poland for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$7K to the Town of Poland for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$116K to the Town of Poland for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$48K to the Town of Poland for repairs
2005

Record Snow

$17K to the Town of Poland for repairs
2005

Snow

$16K to the Town of Poland for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$14K to the Town of Poland for repairs
2003

Snow

$10K to the Town of Poland for repairs
2001

Snow

$18K to the Town of Poland for repairs
Androscoggin County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Poland

Poland and the towns around it

Mechanic Falls: Low, mostly inland floodingMinot: Low, mostly inland floodingNew Gloucester: Very low, mostly inland floodingAuburn: Low, mostly inland floodingOtisfield: Low, mostly inland floodingCasco: Low, mostly inland floodingRaymond: Low, mostly inland floodingOxford: Low, mostly inland floodingHebron: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGray: Very low, mostly inland floodingPownal: Very low, mostly inland floodingDurham: Low, mostly inland floodingLewiston: Low, mostly inland floodingGreene: Low, mostly inland floodingHarrison: Low, mostly inland floodingNaples: Very low, mostly inland floodingNorway: Low, mostly inland floodingSebago: Low, mostly inland floodingStandish: Low, mostly inland floodingWindham: Low, mostly inland floodingParis: Low, mostly inland floodingPoland: Low, mostly inland flooding PolandMechanic FallsMinotNew GloucesterAuburnOtisfieldCascoRaymondOxford
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Oxfordmostly inland floodingLow
Otisfieldmostly inland floodingLow
Cascomostly inland floodingLow
Auburnmostly inland floodingLow
Mechanic Fallsmostly inland floodingLow
Minotmostly inland floodingLow
Polandmostly inland floodingLow
Raymondmostly inland floodingLow
New Gloucestermostly 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. Poland covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Poland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Poland. 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 Poland 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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