Natural hazards · Whiting

Whiting, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Whiting comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Whiting?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Whiting to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding41%Hurricanes28%Cold waves9%Ice storms9%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Whiting faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

28% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Ice storms

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Whiting flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Whiting isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Whiting

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WhitingDeclared for Washington County only

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $29K aid approved

Washington County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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