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Census Area

Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska

Aleutians West Census Area recorded 2 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 0 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 2 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm.

Highlighted: Aleutians West Census Area, AK

Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 26, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals

2
Major disasters
0
Emergency declarations
0
Fire management grants
2
All declarations on record
Apr 2020
Most recent

The federal disaster record for Aleutians West Census Area runs between 2016 and 2020, covering 2 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm and biological.

Risk and vulnerability context

Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.

County FIPS 02016
CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI
50.3
overall percentile nationally

Approximately 50.3% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status25.6
Household characteristics1.6
Racial and ethnic minority status97.9
Housing type and transportation99.6

Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025
67.3
overall risk score
Relatively Low
Expected annual loss$29.3MRelatively Low
NRI social vulnerability22.0Relatively Low
Community resilience0.5Very Low

The NRI combines expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience to describe relative natural-hazard risk. FEMA NRI documentation

About these measures: CDC Social Vulnerability Index and FEMA National Risk Index Social Vulnerability are separate measures built with different methods. They are shown side by side for context and should not be interpreted as equivalent scores.

Most common hazards

Every declaration on record

Major disaster (DR). The big one. Opens the full toolbox: repair money for public infrastructure, help for households, and mitigation funding to reduce the next loss.

Emergency (EM). Narrower and usually faster, for protective work before or during an incident. Capped, and rarely brings household assistance. Nearly every county has one from COVID-19.

Fire management (FM). Cost sharing to fight a wildfire as it burns. Not a disaster declaration, and it does not open recovery programs.

Showing 2 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Apr 9, 2020DR-4533-AKDRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Feb 17, 2016DR-4257-AKDRSevere StormSevere Storm
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How these numbers are built

Drawn from FEMA's OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, rebuilt each week. A declaration is counted here once for each designated area it names, so a single disaster covering many localities is counted in each one. For that reason these jurisdiction counts do not sum to Alaska's statewide total. This page counts declarations that named this jurisdiction as a designated area. Totals cover complete fiscal years (Oct 1 to Sep 30). Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in the tables on this page but are not counted in the totals until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.

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