Natural hazards · Newhalen

Newhalen, AK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newhalen comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newhalen?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newhalen to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and tsunamis.

Earthquakes46%Tsunamis36%Cold waves15%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Newhalen faces

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

Earthquakes

46% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Tsunamis

36% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Inland floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHeat wavesStrong windDrought

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

Flood insurance claims

Does Newhalen flood?

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

Disasters that hit Newhalen

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Lake and Peninsula Borough shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Newhalen itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into NewhalenDeclared for Lake and Peninsula Borough only

Lake and Peninsula Borough has had 1 natural disaster declared since 1953, most often 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. Newhalen 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 Newhalen’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Newhalen. 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.