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Natural hazards · Winslow

Winslow, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Winslow comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 41 claims here since 1979. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Winslow?

48
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Winslow to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Hurricanes14%Ice storms6%Everything else18%
By hazard

What Winslow faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 9 years 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 windLightningDrought

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 Winslow flood?

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

41paid claims since 1979
$1.3Mpaid to owners
5homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • December Nor'easter: 5 claims, $703K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
1flood-prone homes bought out and moved
Disasters that hit Winslow

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WinslowDeclared for Kennebec County only
2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

57 households applied for aid $28K aid approved $121K to the Town of Winslow for repairs
2017

Severe Storm and Flooding

$22K to the Town of Winslow for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$8K to the Town of Winslow for repairs
2005

Record And/Or Near Record Snow

$12K to the Town of Winslow for repairs
2003

Snow

$11K to the Town of Winslow for repairs
1999

Hurricane Floyd Major Disaster Declarations

$4K to the Town of Winslow for repairs
Kennebec County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Winslow

Winslow and the towns around it

Waterville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingChina: Low, mostly inland floodingAlbion: Low, mostly inland floodingVassalboro: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBenton: High, mostly inland floodingOakland: Low, mostly inland floodingPalermo: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWindsor: Low, mostly inland floodingFreedom: Moderate, mostly inland floodingUnity: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSidney: Low, mostly inland floodingAugusta: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFairfield: Moderate, mostly cold wavesClinton: High, mostly inland floodingWinslow: Moderate, mostly inland flooding WinslowWatervilleChinaAlbionVassalboroBenton
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Bentonmostly inland floodingHigh
Winslowmostly inland floodingModerate
Watervillemostly inland floodingModerate
Vassalboromostly inland floodingModerate
Albionmostly inland floodingLow
Chinamostly 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. Winslow covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Winslow’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Winslow. 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 Winslow total about $2.4M 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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