Flood risk in Alaska
FEMA NFIP historical claims and active policies aggregated by county. Pick a county to see total paid, average claim amount, and active policy count.
Counties with claims
13
of 18 reporting
Total NFIP claims
161
Total claims paid
$4,934,861
Active policies
318
Highest flood risk counties
Claims per 1,000 housing units. Higher means a larger share of homes have a documented claim on file.
- 1.Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area8.18 / 1k
- 2.Northwest Arctic Borough3.38 / 1k
- 3.Juneau City and Borough3.30 / 1k
- 4.Nome Census Area1.79 / 1k
- 5.Bethel Census Area0.88 / 1k
- 6.Kenai Peninsula Borough0.82 / 1k
- 7.Fairbanks North Star Borough0.73 / 1k
- 8.Ketchikan Gateway Borough0.72 / 1k
- 9.North Slope Borough0.46 / 1k
- 10.Matanuska-Susitna Borough0.43 / 1k
Lowest flood risk counties
Claims per 1,000 housing units, restricted to counties of at least 25,000 residents.
- 1.Anchorage Municipality0.16 / 1k
- 2.Matanuska-Susitna Borough0.43 / 1k
- 3.Fairbanks North Star Borough0.73 / 1k
- 4.Kenai Peninsula Borough0.82 / 1k
- 5.Juneau City and Borough3.30 / 1k
Counties by historical claims
Sorted by total claims, highest first. Historical totals do not capture uninsured properties or future climate shifts.
- Juneau City and Borough43 claims · moderate
- Fairbanks North Star Borough26 claims · low
- Kenai Peninsula Borough19 claims · low
- Anchorage Municipality17 claims · low
- Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area17 claims · moderate
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough17 claims · low
- Northwest Arctic Borough6 claims · moderate
- Nome Census Area5 claims · moderate
- Bethel Census Area4 claims · low
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough4 claims · low
- North Slope Borough1 claims · low
- Sitka City and Borough1 claims · low
- County1 claims · low
- County0 claims · low
- Petersburg Borough0 claims · low
- Denali Borough0 claims · low
- Dillingham Census Area0 claims · low
- Chugach Census Area0 claims · low
How to read this
Historical claims show where NFIP-insured properties have actually filed. They under-count uninsured properties and don't forecast future risk from climate, upstream development, or new mitigation projects. For parcel-specific flood-zone designations, use FEMA's Map Service Center.
Data sources
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