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Natural hazards · Kwethluk

Kwethluk, AK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kwethluk 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. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Kwethluk?

1
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kwethluk to be higher than in 1% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves.

Cold waves88%Inland flooding6%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Kwethluk faces

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

Cold waves

88% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

6% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 2% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHeat wavesDrought
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 Kwethluk flood?

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

2paid claims since 2006
$15Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
20062026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Kwethluk isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Bethel Census Area.
Disasters that hit Kwethluk

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KwethlukDeclared for Bethel Census Area only
2025

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Remnants of Typhoon Halong

24 households applied for aid $393K aid approved
2023

Flooding

53 households applied for aid $241K aid approved
2022

Severe Storm, Flooding, and Landslides

1 household applied for aid
2009

Flooding and Ice Jams

2 households applied for aid $199K to the City of Kwethluk for repairs
2006

Snow Melt and Ice Jam Flooding

$19K to the City of Kwethluk for repairs
2002

Flooding

$31K to the City of Kwethluk for repairs
Bethel Census Area has had 18 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. Kwethluk 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 Kwethluk’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Kwethluk. 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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