Natural hazards · Eielson AFB

Eielson AFB, AK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eielson AFB comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Eielson AFB?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eielson AFB to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and avalanches.

Cold waves29%Avalanches22%Wildfire22%Earthquakes16%Inland flooding9%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Eielson AFB faces

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

Cold waves

29% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Avalanches

22% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 30 years in the area

Wildfire

22% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

16% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 100 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic 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 Eielson AFB flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fairbanks North Star Borough.

Disasters that hit Eielson AFB

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Fairbanks North Star Borough shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Eielson AFB itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Eielson AFBDeclared for Fairbanks North Star Borough only

Fairbanks North Star Borough has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and severe storms.

Around Eielson AFB

Eielson AFB and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Salchamostly wildfiresVery high

Moose Creekmostly earthquakesVery high

Eielson AFBmostly cold wavesModerate

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