Natural hazards · Salamatof

Salamatof, AK natural hazards

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

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Salamatof to be higher than in 96% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and avalanches.

Earthquakes51%Avalanches45%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Salamatof faces

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

Earthquakes

51% of expected damage

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

Avalanches

45% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Inland floodingCoastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningTsunamisVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

HurricanesHeat wavesStrong windDrought

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

Flood insurance claims

Does Salamatof flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kenai Peninsula Borough.

Disasters that hit Salamatof

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into SalamatofDeclared for Kenai Peninsula Borough only

Kenai Peninsula Borough has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Salamatof

Salamatof and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Salamatofmostly earthquakesVery high

Nikiskimostly earthquakesVery high

Kenaimostly 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. Salamatof 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 Salamatof’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Salamatof. 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.