Natural hazards · Porter

Porter, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Porter comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Porter?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Porter to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding54%Hurricanes16%Cold waves9%Ice storms9%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Porter faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Ice storms

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat 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 Porter flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Oxford County.

Disasters that hit Porter

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PorterDeclared for Oxford County only

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

7 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

Oxford County has had 33 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Porter

Porter and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Freedommostly inland floodingHigh

Portermostly inland floodingModerate

Hirammostly inland floodingModerate

Brownfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Parsonsfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Porter is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Porter’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Porter. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.