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Strong, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Strong comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1987. 12 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Strong?

70
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Strong to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Hurricanes13%Cold waves13%Ice storms5%Everything else13%
By hazard

What Strong faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Ice storms

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingTsunamisVolcanic 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 Strong flood?

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

1paid claims since 1987
$2Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19872026
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Strong isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Franklin County.
Disasters that hit Strong

12 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StrongDeclared for Franklin County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

17 households applied for aid $172K aid approved $74K to the Town of Strong for repairs
2022

Severe Storm and Flooding

$4K to the Town of Strong for repairs
2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$1K to the Town of Strong for repairs
2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$14K to the Town of Strong for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$12K to the Town of Strong for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$8K to the Town of Strong for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$6K to the Town of Strong for repairs
2003

Snow

$8K to the Town of Strong for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt and Ice Jams

$14K to the Town of Strong for repairs
2001

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

$2K to the Town of Strong for repairs
2001

Snow

$7K to the Town of Strong for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ice Jams

$2K to the Town of Strong for repairs
Franklin County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Strong

Strong and the towns around it

Avon: High, mostly inland floodingNew Vineyard: High, mostly inland floodingFarmington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPhillips: High, mostly inland floodingTemple: High, mostly inland floodingWeld: High, mostly inland floodingIndustry: High, mostly inland floodingAnson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNew Portland: High, mostly inland floodingChesterville: High, mostly inland floodingNew Sharon: High, mostly inland floodingWilton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStrong: High, mostly inland flooding StrongAvonNew VineyardFarmington
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Strongmostly inland floodingHigh
Avonmostly inland floodingHigh
New Vineyardmostly inland floodingHigh
Farmingtonmostly inland floodingModerate
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. Strong covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Strong’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Strong. 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 Strong total about $1.6M 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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