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Natural hazards · Turner

Turner, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Turner comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1996. 12 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Turner?

32
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Turner to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding44%Hurricanes18%Drought14%Ice storms6%Everything else18%
By hazard

What Turner faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

18% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Drought

14% of expected damage
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% 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 windLightning

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 Turner flood?

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

4paid claims since 1996
$20Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19962026

Biggest named events

  • April 2007 Nor'easter: 1 claim, $12K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Turner 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 Turner

12 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TurnerDeclared for Androscoggin County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

32 households applied for aid $69K aid approved $43K to the Town of Turner for repairs
2015

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$19K to the Town of Turner for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$16K to the Town of Turner for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$58K to the Town of Turner for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$34K to the Town of Turner for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$50K to the Town of Turner for repairs
2005

Record Snow

$8K to the Town of Turner for repairs
2005

Snow

$16K to the Town of Turner for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$14K to the Town of Turner for repairs
2003

Snow

$6K to the Town of Turner for repairs
2002

Severe Winter Cold and Frost

$1K to the Town of Turner for repairs
2001

Snow

$9K to the Town of Turner for repairs
Androscoggin County has had 29 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Turner

Turner and the towns around it

Leeds: Low, mostly inland floodingGreene: Low, mostly inland floodingLivermore: Low, mostly inland floodingBuckfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWayne: Very low, mostly inland floodingMonmouth: Low, mostly inland floodingWales: Low, mostly inland floodingAuburn: Low, mostly inland floodingLewiston: Low, mostly inland floodingSabattus: Low, mostly inland floodingLivermore Falls: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCanton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHartford: Moderate, mostly inland floodingJay: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSumner: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHebron: Moderate, mostly inland floodingParis: Low, mostly inland floodingTurner: Low, mostly inland flooding TurnerLeedsGreeneLivermoreBuckfield
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Buckfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Leedsmostly inland floodingLow
Turnermostly inland floodingLow
Livermoremostly 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. Turner covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Turner’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Turner. 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 Turner 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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