Natural hazards · Winterport

Winterport, ME natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Winterport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Winterport?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Winterport to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding51%Hurricanes16%Cold waves12%Winter weather7%Ice storms5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Winterport faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Winter weather

7% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 36 times a year in the area

Ice storms

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailHeat 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 Winterport flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Waldo County.

Disasters that hit Winterport

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WinterportDeclared for Waldo County only

2024

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2023

Severe Storm and Flooding

$16K to the Town of Winterport for repairs

2007

Flooding

$14K to the Town of Winterport for repairs

2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Snow Melt, and Ice Jams

$19K to the Town of Winterport for repairs

Waldo County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Winterport

Winterport and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Winterportmostly inland floodingHigh

Monroemostly inland floodingModerate

Bucksportmostly inland floodingModerate

Frankfortmostly inland floodingLow

Hampdenmostly inland floodingLow

Orringtonmostly 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. Winterport covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Winterport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Winterport. 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 Winterport total about $1.5M 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.