Maine ME

16 counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index score. Click any column header to re-sort. Scores are 0–100 percentiles relative to all US counties — blank means Not Applicable or Insufficient Data.

County Overall Wildfire Inland flood Coastal flood Earthquake Heat wave Tornado Hurricane Hail Strong wind Winter wx Ice storm Cold wave Lightning Drought Landslide Avalanche Tsunami Volcanic
York County 81.5 56.3 81.3 86.6 83.8 52.8 46.5 91.5 28.5 50.3 67.5 98.3 47.2 70.2 65.8 66.3 5
Aroostook County 80.4 26.2 76.1 77.7 14.7 15.7 83.1 27.5 53.9 99.2 68.5 97.6 52.4 42.4 80.4 44.2
Penobscot County 78 29.3 83 41 79.1 36.1 32.3 86.7 50.2 57 99.7 96.8 62.6 91 60.3 69.4 42.5
Cumberland County 77 38.9 72.3 78.4 81.1 59.2 25.5 90.7 76 77.4 99 98.2 60.7 85 41 63.2 5.1
Kennebec County 75.2 33.5 80.1 54.8 76 38.4 25.9 87.7 60.5 60.3 97.6 97 43.5 87.3 76.5 72 9.8
Somerset County 67.9 22.1 61.8 59.4 20.9 16.3 85.9 35 47.4 94.9 90.2 91.8 85.9 78.8 76.2 60.2
Oxford County 65.9 27.2 73.3 60.3 32.2 16.7 86.1 11.8 50.5 94.9 91.7 71 65.9 40.7 83.2 69.9
Androscoggin County 59.1 24.8 61.6 0 74.9 36.3 19.8 86.2 57.9 47.6 96.5 94.8 39.6 69.8 76.2 60.7
Hancock County 55 10.8 45.2 77 51.2 11.8 15.8 87.8 22 20.1 95.6 91.1 66.3 81.6 57.4 66.1 52.3
Piscataquis County 52.4 9.2 35.2 40.6 9.6 8.9 75.8 11.8 11.1 89.2 92.4 92.8 85.9 42.1 63.4 72.2
Washington County 47.6 21.8 41.4 74.6 46.7 10.7 11 85.9 9.3 10.7 94.5 93.3 55.5 67.4 48.4 62
Franklin County 43.6 16 53 45.8 15.4 12.4 80.9 26.1 44.1 88.1 90.1 64 71.9 41.1 76.4 63.5
Waldo County 40.6 17.6 39.6 58.8 42.7 19.8 15.3 82.8 23.1 21.2 96.2 89.8 60.4 66.8 54.7 60.4 15.1
Lincoln County 31.8 18.7 28.8 69.8 47.1 14.4 14.9 83.4 28.8 16.7 90.9 90.2 24.1 58.8 32.8 57
Knox County 28.6 16.8 21.4 69.2 45.9 11.5 12.8 82.9 20.5 38.5 90.5 89.2 28 49.7 35.8 85.7 30
Sagadahoc County 23.3 14.3 26.1 74.8 47.9 14.3 13.1 77.9 26.8 17.1 81.6 88.6 15.3 37.8 27.5 45

Source: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0, December 2025. Scores are percentile rankings among all US counties — see the methodology page for definitions.