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Natural hazards · Veazie

Veazie, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Veazie comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Veazie?

38
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Veazie to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding61%Hurricanes11%Winter weather7%Ice storms6%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Veazie faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Winter weather

7% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 24 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

TornadoesHailCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Veazie flood?

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

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

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VeazieDeclared for Penobscot County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

$21K to the Town of Veazie for repairs
2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Veazie for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$4K to the Town of Veazie for repairs
2003

Snow

$3K to the Town of Veazie for repairs
2001

Snow

$2K to the Town of Veazie for repairs
Penobscot County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Veazie

Veazie and the towns around it

Eddington: Low, mostly inland floodingBangor: Low, mostly inland floodingBrewer: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHolden: Low, mostly inland floodingOrono: Low, mostly inland floodingBradley: Moderate, mostly inland floodingClifton: Low, mostly inland floodingDedham: High, mostly inland floodingHermon: Very low, mostly inland floodingHampden: Low, mostly inland floodingOrrington: Low, mostly inland floodingVeazie: Low, mostly inland flooding VeazieEddingtonBangorBrewer
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Brewermostly inland floodingModerate
Veaziemostly inland floodingLow
Bangormostly inland floodingLow
Eddingtonmostly 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. Veazie covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Veazie’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Veazie. 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 Veazie total about $447K 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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