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Natural hazards · Aniak

Aniak, AK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Aniak comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 20 claims here since 1983. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Aniak?

45
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Aniak to be higher than in 45% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and wildfires.

Cold waves33%Wildfire31%Earthquakes20%Inland flooding14%Everything else3%
By hazard

What Aniak faces

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

Cold waves

33% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

31% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

20% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

14% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 3% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHeat wavesDroughtTsunamis
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 Aniak flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Aniak, from FEMA’s records.

20paid claims since 1983
$226Kpaid to owners
5homes flooded more than once
19832026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Aniak 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 Aniak

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AniakDeclared for Bethel Census Area only
2025

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Remnants of Typhoon Halong

3 households applied for aid
2023

Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2009

Flooding and Ice Jams

21 households applied for aid $88K aid approved $9K to the City of Aniak for repairs
2002

Flooding

$92K to the City of Aniak 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. Aniak 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 Aniak’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Aniak. 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.

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