Natural hazards · Naknek

Naknek, AK natural hazards

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

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Earthquakes62%Cold waves35%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Naknek 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 Naknek flood?

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

Disasters that hit Naknek

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into NaknekDeclared 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. Naknek covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Naknek’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Naknek. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Naknek total about $1.4M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.