Natural hazards · Hyder

Hyder, AK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hyder comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hyder?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding73%Winter weather13%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Hyder faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage

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

Winter weather

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailCold wavesHeat wavesStrong windDroughtTsunamis

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 Hyder flood?

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

Disasters that hit Hyder

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Hyder itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into HyderDeclared for Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area only

Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area has had 1 natural disaster declared since 1953, most often landslides.

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