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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. 1.Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area8.18 / 1k
  2. 2.Northwest Arctic Borough3.38 / 1k
  3. 3.Juneau City and Borough3.30 / 1k
  4. 4.Nome Census Area1.79 / 1k
  5. 5.Bethel Census Area0.88 / 1k
  6. 6.Kenai Peninsula Borough0.82 / 1k
  7. 7.Fairbanks North Star Borough0.73 / 1k
  8. 8.Ketchikan Gateway Borough0.72 / 1k
  9. 9.North Slope Borough0.46 / 1k
  10. 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. 1.Anchorage Municipality0.16 / 1k
  2. 2.Matanuska-Susitna Borough0.43 / 1k
  3. 3.Fairbanks North Star Borough0.73 / 1k
  4. 4.Kenai Peninsula Borough0.82 / 1k
  5. 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.

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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