Natural hazards · Dillingham

Dillingham, AK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dillingham comes from cold waves, 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 Dillingham?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dillingham to be higher than in 7% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and earthquakes.

Cold waves78%Earthquakes16%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Dillingham faces

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

Cold waves

78% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Lower here

Inland floodingTornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHailHeat wavesStrong windDrought

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

Flood insurance claims

Does Dillingham flood?

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

Disasters that hit Dillingham

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DillinghamDeclared for Dillingham Census Area only

1999

Severe Winter Storms and Avalanches

$6K to the City of Dillingham for repairs

Dillingham Census Area has had 4 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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