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Presque Isle, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Presque Isle comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1979. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Presque Isle?

24
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Presque Isle to be higher than in 24% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves46%Inland flooding37%Hurricanes6%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Presque Isle faces

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

Cold waves

46% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 25 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter 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 Presque Isle flood?

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

7paid claims since 1979
$162Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19792026
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Presque Isle isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Aroostook County.
Disasters that hit Presque Isle

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Presque Isle itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Presque Isle.

Brought FEMA money into Presque IsleDeclared for Aroostook County only
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$5K to the City of Presque Isle for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$2K to the City of Presque Isle for repairs
2005

Snow

$104K to the City of Presque Isle for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$7K to the City of Presque Isle for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$32K to the City of Presque Isle for repairs
2003

Snow

$81K to the City of Presque Isle for repairs
2001

Snow

$16K to the City of Presque Isle for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ice Jams

$7K to the City of Presque Isle for repairs
Aroostook County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.
Around Presque Isle

Presque Isle and the towns around it

Fort Fairfield: Very low, mostly cold wavesEaston: Very low, mostly cold wavesCaribou: Low, mostly cold wavesWestfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLimestone: Low, mostly cold wavesMars Hill: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWoodland: Low, mostly cold wavesPresque Isle: Low, mostly cold waves Presque IsleFort FairfieldEastonCaribouWestfield
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Westfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Cariboumostly cold wavesLow
Presque Islemostly cold wavesLow
Fort Fairfieldmostly cold wavesVery low
Eastonmostly cold wavesVery 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. Presque Isle covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Presque Isle’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Presque Isle. 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 Presque Isle total about $4.4M 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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