New England Floods (Lewiston, Bangor, Augusta: live, homeowner, rated)

[cormier]

Can anyone tell me where, if any, flooding occurred in Maine during past deluges? Are there any towns or geographical areas in Maine that are more susceptible to floods than others? Thanks in advance for any responses.

[bigchuckie]

One place that floods yearly is the appropriately named water street in Augusta. Really floods can happen anywhere there is water. Most of the larger rivers can get really high in the spring due to melting ice and snow. Fort Farfield in Aroostook county used to flood downtown but I think the AC of E fixed that problem The largest rivers with typical problems are the Kennebec from Skowhegan down through Augusta The Androscoggin in the Lewiston area down to Topsham The St John in Aroostook county and the Penobscot can be bad at times from Lincoln down to Old town. I am not to familiar with rivers in the extreme southern part of Maine

[tkx7]

just dont live right near rivers and you should be alright- one problem with flooding was in homeowners' basements because the ground was so saturated from water it seeped into cellars

[Mark S.]

There's an article in a recent issue of Down East magazine (not the current but the next-to-last issue) about the possibilities of a hurricane hitting Maine. One of the things it mentioned was that the surf swell very likely would cause the river to flood large parts of Bangor.

[pinkpalace]

There was a lot of flooding across New England last May '06, if memory serves. MA and NH were hit harder, but York county Maine was hit as well.

In general, the best idea is to check out the FEMA flood zones map and try to keep some distance between bodies of water and your property, of course.

[tkx7]

it was a very strange weather pattern, it rained for like two weeks straight