Natural hazards · Chickaloon

Chickaloon, AK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Chickaloon comes from avalanches, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Chickaloon?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Chickaloon to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from avalanches.

Avalanches87%Earthquakes10%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Chickaloon faces

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

Avalanches

87% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Lower here

Inland floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHeat wavesStrong windDroughtTsunamis

Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Chickaloon flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Matanuska-Susitna Borough.

Disasters that hit Chickaloon

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ChickaloonDeclared for Matanuska-Susitna Borough only

2018

Earthquake

2 households applied for aid $33K aid approved

Matanuska-Susitna Borough has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Chickaloon

Chickaloon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Chickaloonmostly avalanchesVery high

Sutton-Alpinemostly avalanchesVery high

Glacier Viewmostly avalanchesVery high

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