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Natural hazards · Fort Greely

Fort Greely, AK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fort Greely comes from wildfires, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

How exposed is Fort Greely?

88
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fort Greely to be higher than in 88% of U.S. communities, mostly from wildfires and avalanches.

Wildfire33%Avalanches20%Cold waves20%Earthquakes20%Inland flooding6%
By hazard

What Fort Greely faces

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

Wildfire

33% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Avalanches

20% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

20% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

6% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 6% 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 Fort Greely flood?

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

Disasters that hit Fort Greely

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Southeast Fairbanks Census Area shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Fort Greely itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Fort GreelyDeclared for Southeast Fairbanks Census Area only
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
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. Fort Greely 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 Fort Greely’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Fort Greely. 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.

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