Natural hazards · Craig

Craig, AK natural hazards

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

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Craig to be higher than in 7% of U.S. communities, mostly from tsunamis and inland flooding.

Tsunamis46%Inland flooding33%Earthquakes14%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Craig faces

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

Tsunamis

46% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 1% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHailCold wavesHeat wavesStrong windDroughtAvalanches

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 Craig flood?

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

Disasters that hit Craig

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CraigDeclared for Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area only

2023

Severe Storm, Flooding, and Landslides

$818K to the City of Craig for repairs

Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area has had 1 natural disaster declared since 1953, most often landslides.

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