Natural hazards · Akiachak

Akiachak, AK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Akiachak comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low 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 Akiachak?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Akiachak to be higher than in 1% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves.

Cold waves88%Inland flooding6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Akiachak faces

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

Cold waves

88% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 2% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHeat wavesDrought

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 Akiachak flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bethel Census Area.

Disasters that hit Akiachak

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AkiachakDeclared for Bethel Census Area only

2025

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Remnants of Typhoon Halong

105 households applied for aid $1.4M aid approved

2023

Flooding

50 households applied for aid $242K aid approved

2022

Severe Storm, Flooding, and Landslides

1 household applied for aid $11K aid approved

2009

Flooding and Ice Jams

72 households applied for aid $280K aid approved

Bethel Census Area has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe 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. Akiachak 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 Akiachak’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Akiachak. 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.