Natural hazards · Standish

Standish, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Standish comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2005. 13 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Standish?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding43%Hurricanes23%Ice storms9%Everything else26%

By hazard

What Standish faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Ice storms

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% 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 Standish flood?

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

2paid claims since 2005

$8Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20052026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cumberland County.

Disasters that hit Standish

13 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StandishDeclared for Cumberland County only

2024

Severe Winter Storm

$199K to the Town of Standish for repairs

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

30 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$43K to the Town of Standish for repairs

2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$22K to the Town of Standish for repairs

2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$31K to the Town of Standish for repairs

2010

Severe Winter Storm

$43K to the Town of Standish for repairs

2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$95K to the Town of Standish for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

40 households applied for aid $28K aid approved $39K to the Town of Standish for repairs

2005

Record Snow

$19K to the Town of Standish for repairs

2005

Snow

$18K to the Town of Standish for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$41K to the Town of Standish for repairs

2003

Snow

$15K to the Town of Standish for repairs

2001

Snow

$26K to the Town of Standish for repairs

Cumberland County has had 33 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Standish

Standish and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Hollismostly inland floodingLow

Limingtonmostly inland floodingLow

Windhammostly inland floodingLow

Standishmostly inland floodingLow

Gorhammostly inland floodingLow

Sebagomostly inland floodingLow

Baldwinmostly inland floodingLow

Raymondmostly inland floodingLow

Buxtonmostly 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. Standish covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Standish’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Standish. 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 Standish total about $1.1M 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.