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Rockport, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rockport comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Rockport?

20
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rockport to be higher than in 20% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes35%Inland flooding32%Ice storms11%Everything else23%
By hazard

What Rockport faces

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

Hurricanes

35% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 4% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

TsunamisVolcanic 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 Rockport flood?

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

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

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RockportDeclared for Knox County only
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $15K aid approved $243K to the Town of Rockport for repairs
2021

Severe Storm and Flooding

$820K to the Town of Rockport for repairs
2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$17K to the Town of Rockport for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$35K to the Town of Rockport for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$18K to the Town of Rockport for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$59K to the Town of Rockport for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

6 households applied for aid $7K aid approved $5K to the Town of Rockport for repairs
2007

Flooding

$57K to the Town of Rockport for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$67K to the Town of Rockport for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$17K to the Town of Rockport for repairs
Knox County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Rockport

Rockport and the towns around it

Camden: Low, mostly inland floodingRockland: Very low, mostly hurricanesNorth Haven: Moderate, mostly coastal floodingWarren: Low, mostly inland floodingLincolnville: Low, mostly hurricanesHope: Low, mostly inland floodingIslesboro: no dataThomaston: Low, mostly hurricanesOwls Head: Low, mostly hurricanesSouth Thomaston: Low, mostly hurricanesDeer Isle: Low, mostly hurricanesVinalhaven: Moderate, mostly coastal floodingStonington: Low, mostly hurricanesWaldoboro: Low, mostly inland floodingCushing: Low, mostly hurricanesUnion: Low, mostly inland floodingRockport: Low, mostly hurricanes RockportCamdenRocklandNorth HavenWarren
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
North Havenmostly coastal floodingModerate
Warrenmostly inland floodingLow
Camdenmostly inland floodingLow
Rockportmostly hurricanesLow
Rocklandmostly hurricanesVery 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. Rockport covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Rockport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Rockport. 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 Rockport 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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