Natural hazards · Emmonak

Emmonak, AK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Emmonak comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2006. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Emmonak?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Emmonak to be higher than in 0% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves.

Cold waves98%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Emmonak faces

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

Cold waves

98% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Inland floodingCoastal floodingHurricanesHeat wavesDroughtTsunamis

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

Flood insurance claims

Does Emmonak flood?

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

2paid claims since 2006

$23Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20062026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: the county.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

17homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Emmonak

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EmmonakDeclared for the county only

2023

Flooding

41 households applied for aid $284K aid approved $863K to the City of Emmonak for repairs

the county has had 1 natural disaster declared since 1953, most often 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. Emmonak 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 Emmonak’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Emmonak. 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.