Natural hazards · Point MacKenzie

Point MacKenzie, AK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Point MacKenzie 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 Point MacKenzie?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Point MacKenzie to be higher than in 95% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes.

Earthquakes91%Inland flooding5%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Point MacKenzie faces

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

Earthquakes

91% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 3% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 100 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningTsunamisVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHeat 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 Point MacKenzie flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Point MacKenzie isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Matanuska-Susitna Borough.

Disasters that hit Point MacKenzie

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Matanuska-Susitna Borough shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Point MacKenzie itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Point MacKenzieDeclared for Matanuska-Susitna Borough only

Matanuska-Susitna Borough has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Point MacKenzie

Point MacKenzie and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Big Lakemostly earthquakesVery high

Point MacKenziemostly earthquakesVery high

Knik-Fairviewmostly earthquakesVery high

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. Point MacKenzie covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Point MacKenzie’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Point MacKenzie. 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 Point MacKenzie total about $7.0M 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.