Natural hazards · Metlakatla

Metlakatla, AK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Metlakatla 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 Metlakatla?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding73%Earthquakes9%Tsunamis9%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Metlakatla 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 2% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Tsunamis

9% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHailCold wavesHeat wavesStrong windDroughtAvalanches

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 Metlakatla flood?

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

Disasters that hit Metlakatla

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into MetlakatlaDeclared 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. Metlakatla 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 Metlakatla’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Metlakatla. 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.