Natural hazards · Akiak

Akiak, AK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Akiak comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Akiak?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Cold waves88%Inland flooding6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Akiak 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 Akiak flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Akiak 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3flood-prone homes bought out and moved

Disasters that hit Akiak

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AkiakDeclared for Bethel Census Area only

2025

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Remnants of Typhoon Halong

12 households applied for aid $44K aid approved

2009

Flooding and Ice Jams

68 households applied for aid $793K aid approved $15K to the City of Akiak for repairs

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. Akiak 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 Akiak’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Akiak. 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.