Natural hazards · Shapleigh

Shapleigh, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Shapleigh comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 13 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Shapleigh?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Shapleigh to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding57%Hurricanes19%Ice storms7%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Shapleigh faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times 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 Shapleigh flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Shapleigh isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: York County.

Disasters that hit Shapleigh

13 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ShapleighDeclared for York County only

2024

Severe Winter Storm

$91K to the Town of Shapleigh for repairs

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $243 aid approved

2022

Severe Storm and Flooding

$33K to the Town of Shapleigh for repairs

2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$4K to the Town of Shapleigh for repairs

2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$13K to the Town of Shapleigh for repairs

2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$17K to the Town of Shapleigh for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$14K to the Town of Shapleigh for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$7K to the Town of Shapleigh for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$6K to the Town of Shapleigh for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$60K to the Town of Shapleigh for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$11K to the Town of Shapleigh for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

16 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $110K to the Town of Shapleigh for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

16 households applied for aid $33K aid approved $17K to the Town of Shapleigh for repairs

York County has had 36 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Shapleigh

Shapleigh and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Alfredmostly inland floodingLow

Sanfordmostly inland floodingLow

Shapleighmostly inland floodingLow

Newfieldmostly inland floodingLow

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