Natural hazards · King Salmon

King Salmon, AK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in King Salmon comes from earthquakes, 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 King Salmon?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in King Salmon to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and cold waves.

Earthquakes62%Cold waves35%Everything else3%

By hazard

What King Salmon faces

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

Earthquakes

62% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Cold waves

35% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Inland floodingCoastal floodingHurricanesHailHeat wavesStrong windDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis

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

Flood insurance claims

Does King Salmon flood?

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

Disasters that hit King Salmon

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Bristol Bay Borough shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching King Salmon itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into King SalmonDeclared for Bristol Bay Borough only

Bristol Bay Borough has had 2 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and freezes.

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