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Sweden, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sweden comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Sweden?

45
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sweden to be higher than in 45% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding58%Hurricanes19%Cold waves8%Ice storms5%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Sweden faces

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

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

19% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Ice storms

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year 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 Sweden flood?

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

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

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SwedenDeclared for Oxford County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

$698K to the Town of Sweden for repairs
2022

Severe Storm and Flooding

$303K to the Town of Sweden for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$66K to the Town of Sweden for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$27K to the Town of Sweden for repairs
2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt and Ice Jams

$12K to the Town of Sweden for repairs
2001

Snow

$4K to the Town of Sweden for repairs
Oxford County has had 33 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Sweden

Sweden and the towns around it

Lovell: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFryeburg: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWaterford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBridgton: Very low, mostly inland floodingStow: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStoneham: Moderate, mostly inland floodingConway: High, mostly inland floodingDenmark: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBrownfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingChatham: High, mostly inland floodingNorway: Low, mostly inland floodingHarrison: Low, mostly inland floodingNaples: Very low, mostly inland floodingSweden: Moderate, mostly inland flooding SwedenLovellFryeburgWaterfordBridgton
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Fryeburgmostly inland floodingModerate
Swedenmostly inland floodingModerate
Lovellmostly inland floodingModerate
Waterfordmostly inland floodingModerate
Bridgtonmostly inland floodingVery 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. Sweden 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 Sweden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Sweden. 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.

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