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Natural hazards · Sabattus

Sabattus, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sabattus comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1998. 12 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Sabattus?

24
Low
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding47%Hurricanes22%Ice storms8%Everything else23%
By hazard

What Sabattus 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
Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

22% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Ice storms

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Sabattus flood?

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

1paid claims since 1998
$8Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19982026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Sabattus isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Androscoggin County.
Disasters that hit Sabattus

12 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SabattusDeclared for Androscoggin County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

25 households applied for aid $9K aid approved $19K to the Town of Sabattus for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$12K to the Town of Sabattus for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$16K to the Town of Sabattus for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$31K to the Town of Sabattus for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$11K to the Town of Sabattus for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$5K to the Town of Sabattus for repairs
2005

Record Snow

$12K to the Town of Sabattus for repairs
2005

Snow

$12K to the Town of Sabattus for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$11K to the Town of Sabattus for repairs
2003

Snow

$8K to the Town of Sabattus for repairs
2001

Snow

$13K to the Town of Sabattus for repairs
1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$20K to the Town of Sabattus for repairs
Androscoggin County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Sabattus

Sabattus and the towns around it

Wales: Low, mostly inland floodingLewiston: Low, mostly inland floodingGreene: Low, mostly inland floodingLitchfield: Low, mostly inland floodingLisbon: Low, mostly inland floodingMonmouth: Low, mostly inland floodingAuburn: Low, mostly inland floodingDurham: Low, mostly inland floodingTurner: Low, mostly inland floodingLeeds: Low, mostly inland floodingWest Gardiner: Low, mostly inland floodingRichmond: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGardiner: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBowdoin: Moderate, mostly inland floodingTopsham: Low, mostly inland floodingSabattus: Low, mostly inland flooding SabattusWalesLewistonGreeneLitchfieldLisbon
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Lisbonmostly inland floodingLow
Sabattusmostly inland floodingLow
Walesmostly inland floodingLow
Litchfieldmostly inland floodingLow
Lewistonmostly inland floodingLow
Greenemostly 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. Sabattus covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sabattus’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Sabattus. 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 Sabattus 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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