Hooper Bay is calmer than 100% of U.S. communities
Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hooper Bay comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.
What stands out about Hooper Bay’s weather risks
Read from FEMA’s records below. The page puts what stands out first.
How exposed is Hooper Bay?
FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings here to be higher than in 0% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves.
Calmer than 329 of the 352 Alaska towns we cover.
Hooper Bay is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.
What Hooper Bay faces
Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
Cold waves
Federal disasters declared here
None of the disasters declared for the county shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Hooper Bay itself in FEMA’s records.
the county has had 1 natural disaster declared since 1953, most often floods.
Does Hooper Bay flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Hooper Bay. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Hooper Bay 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.Get ready for what Hooper Bay actually faces
A short kit for its top hazards, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Let faucets drip so pipes don’t freeze.
- Know where your water shutoff is.
- Never heat the house with the oven or a grill.
- Keep a shovel, a blanket and snacks in the car.
- Clear snow from furnace and dryer vents.
- Check on older neighbors when the power goes out.
- Trim dead limbs over the house and driveway.
- Tie down trash cans and outdoor furniture.
- Stay clear of downed lines and call the utility.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
What these numbers can and can’t tell you
- An average, not a forecast. FEMA’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 there, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings.
- Money that reached town. Flood claims are matched to Hooper Bay’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hooper Bay.
- It follows property value. FEMA’s model weighs damage to buildings, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Hooper Bay.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
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. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. An average of past damage, not a forecast.