Natural hazards · Soldotna

Soldotna, AK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Soldotna comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Soldotna?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Earthquakes92%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Soldotna faces

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

Earthquakes

92% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Inland floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHeat wavesStrong windDroughtAvalanchesTsunamis

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

Flood insurance claims

Does Soldotna flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Soldotna 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 Soldotna

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Soldotna itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Soldotna.

Brought FEMA money into SoldotnaDeclared for Kenai Peninsula Borough only

2018

Earthquake

55 households applied for aid $163K aid approved

2003

Severe Winter Storm, Including High Winds and Freezing Temperatures

20 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2002

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Coastal Erosion and Tidal Surge

3 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

1999

Severe Winter Storms and Avalanches

$37K to the City of Soldotna for repairs

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

Around Soldotna

Soldotna and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Kalifornskymostly earthquakesVery high

Soldotnamostly earthquakesVery high

Ridgewaymostly earthquakesVery high

Funny Rivermostly avalanchesVery high

Sterlingmostly avalanchesVery 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. Soldotna 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 Soldotna’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Soldotna. 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.