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Natural hazards · Warren

Warren, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Warren comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2023. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Warren?

34
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Warren to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding33%Hurricanes30%Ice storms8%Strong wind6%Cold waves6%Winter weather6%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Warren faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

30% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Ice storms

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Winter weather

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Warren flood?

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

1paid claims since 2023
$47Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20232026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Warren isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Knox County.
Disasters that hit Warren

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WarrenDeclared for Knox County only
2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $22K aid approved
2021

Severe Storm and Flooding

$29K to the Town of Warren for repairs
2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$8K to the Town of Warren for repairs
2013

Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding

$19K to the Town of Warren for repairs
2010

Severe Winter Storm

$11K to the Town of Warren for repairs
2008

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$63K to the Town of Warren for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the Town of Warren for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

10 households applied for aid $6K aid approved $2K to the Town of Warren for repairs
2007

Flooding

$31K to the Town of Warren for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$10K to the Town of Warren for repairs
Knox County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Warren

Warren and the towns around it

Thomaston: Low, mostly hurricanesWaldoboro: Low, mostly inland floodingCushing: Low, mostly hurricanesUnion: Low, mostly inland floodingRockport: Low, mostly hurricanesRockland: Very low, mostly hurricanesSouth Thomaston: Low, mostly hurricanesFriendship: Low, mostly hurricanesNobleboro: Low, mostly inland floodingBremen: Low, mostly inland floodingJefferson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDamariscotta: Low, mostly inland floodingSt. George: Moderate, mostly coastal floodingWashington: Low, mostly inland floodingAppleton: Low, mostly inland floodingHope: Low, mostly inland floodingCamden: Low, mostly inland floodingNorth Haven: Moderate, mostly coastal floodingOwls Head: Low, mostly hurricanesWarren: Low, mostly inland flooding WarrenThomastonWaldoboroCushingUnionRockportRockland
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Unionmostly inland floodingLow
Thomastonmostly hurricanesLow
Warrenmostly inland floodingLow
Waldoboromostly inland floodingLow
Cushingmostly hurricanesLow
Rockportmostly hurricanesLow
Rocklandmostly hurricanesVery 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. Warren covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Warren’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Warren. 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 Warren total about $970K 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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