Natural hazards · Randolph

Randolph, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Randolph comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1987. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Randolph?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding61%Hurricanes12%Ice storms6%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Randolph 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 Randolph flood?

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

10paid claims since 1987

$175Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19872026

Biggest named events

December Nor'easter: 2 claims, $104K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Randolph 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 Randolph

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RandolphDeclared for Kennebec County only

2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $22K aid approved $7K to the Town of Randolph for repairs

2002

Severe Winter Cold and Frost

$4K to the Town of Randolph for repairs

Kennebec County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Randolph

Randolph and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Randolphmostly inland floodingModerate

Pittstonmostly inland floodingModerate

Farmingdalemostly 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. Randolph 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 Randolph’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Randolph. 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.