Natural hazards · Weld

Weld, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Weld comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1987. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Weld?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Weld to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding66%Cold waves13%Hurricanes10%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Weld faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanches

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Weld flood?

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

1paid claims since 1987

$1Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19872026

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Weld 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 Weld

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WeldDeclared for Franklin County only

2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $7K aid approved $477K to the Town of Weld for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Irene

$14K to the Town of Weld for repairs

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

$94K to the Town of Weld for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding

$33K to the Town of Weld for repairs

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$12K to the Town of Weld for repairs

2005

Snow

$3K to the Town of Weld for repairs

2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$3K to the Town of Weld for repairs

2003

Snow

$6K to the Town of Weld for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt and Ice Jams

$14K to the Town of Weld for repairs

2001

Snow

$4K to the Town of Weld for repairs

2000

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Ice Jams

$9K to the Town of Weld for repairs

Franklin County has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Weld

Weld and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Roxburymostly inland floodingVery high

Weldmostly inland floodingHigh

Carthagemostly inland floodingHigh

Avonmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Weld 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 Weld’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Weld. 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.