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Natural hazards · Princeton

Princeton, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Princeton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Princeton?

54
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Princeton to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding47%Hurricanes26%Cold waves9%Ice storms8%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Princeton faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

26% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 10 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

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat 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 Princeton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Princeton 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 Princeton

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PrincetonDeclared for Washington County only
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

18 households applied for aid $54K aid approved
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

$18K to the Town of Princeton for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$4K to the Town of Princeton for repairs
Washington County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Princeton

Princeton and the towns around it

Alexander: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBaileyville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCrawford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCooper: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBaring plantation: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPrinceton: Moderate, mostly inland flooding PrincetonAlexanderBaileyville
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Princetonmostly inland floodingModerate
Alexandermostly inland floodingModerate
Baileyvillemostly 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. Princeton 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 Princeton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Princeton. 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.

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