Natural hazards · Kaneohe Base

Kaneohe Base, HI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kaneohe Base comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kaneohe Base?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kaneohe Base to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding62%Earthquakes23%Tsunamis10%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Kaneohe Base faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Tsunamis

10% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Winter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesDroughtAvalanchesVolcanic activity

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 Kaneohe Base flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Honolulu County.

Disasters that hit Kaneohe Base

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Honolulu County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Kaneohe Base itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Kaneohe BaseDeclared for Honolulu County only

Honolulu County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and hurricanes.

Around Kaneohe Base

Kaneohe Base and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Kailuamostly inland floodingVery high

Kaneohe Basemostly inland floodingHigh

Kaneohemostly inland floodingHigh

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. Kaneohe Base covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Kaneohe Base’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Kaneohe Base. 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 Kaneohe Base total about $2.4M 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.