Disaster Data / States / Alaska / Matanuska-Susitna Borough
BoroughMatanuska-Susitna Borough recorded 12 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 2 emergency declarations and 3 fire management declarations, 17 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm.
Highlighted: Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK
Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 26, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
The federal disaster record for Matanuska-Susitna Borough runs between 2000 and 2026, covering 17 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Storm in 2026. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, flood, and earthquake. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $36.2 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for buildings and equipment.
Past 12 months
Matanuska-Susitna Borough has been named in 1 federal declaration in the past 12 months. The figures are what FEMA has reported for Matanuska-Susitna Borough to date and grow as recovery continues. It falls in a complete fiscal year and is counted in the totals above.
| Declaration | Declared | Households approved | Individual Assistance | Public Assistance obligated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR-4904-AKMajor disaster · Winter Storm | Apr 7, 2026Incident period Dec 6 to 9, 2025 | None reported | None reported | $29K |
Individual Assistance is FEMA's Individuals and Households Program, from OpenFEMA's Housing Assistance data for owners and renters. Public Assistance is the obligated federal share from OpenFEMA's grant award activity, which usually starts posting weeks to months after a declaration. Select a declaration number to open its full event profile, with the same figures for every place it covers.
Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.
Approximately 47.9% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.
Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation
The NRI combines expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience to describe relative natural-hazard risk. FEMA NRI documentation
$36M has been obligated to Matanuska-Susitna Borough in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$35M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $979K, or 3% of the total, was COVID-19, which every county in the country received.
Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out.
Federal share obligated to this jurisdiction under FEMA Public Assistance since 2000, grouped by damage category. Figures are rounded to the nearest dollar and reflect obligations, which may change as projects close out.
| Category | Projects | Federal share obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Buildings and equipment(E) | 44 | $18,677,516 |
| Roads and bridges(C) | 60 | $5,122,478 |
| Utilities(F) | 24 | $4,300,997 |
| Emergency protective measures(B) | 37 | $3,323,255 |
| Management costs(Z) | 9 | $1,538,027 |
| Parks and recreation(G) | 7 | $1,219,909 |
| Water control facilities(D) | 2 | $1,053,439 |
| Debris removal(A) | 10 | $920,290 |
| All categories | 193 | $36,155,911 |
For each disaster, the wait from the declaration to the first federal obligation (amber), then the federal share obligating after that (teal), on a shared 9-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 168 days. An obligation is the federal share committed to the recipient state, not funds disbursed to the locality, which comes later and is not shown.
FEMA Individual Assistance to households in this jurisdiction, combined across the Housing Assistance owner and renter programs. Valid registrations are households that applied within a designated Individual Assistance area; approved counts and dollars are the households FEMA found eligible under the Individuals and Households Program. Figures are self-reported and drawn from NEMIS through OpenFEMA, not audited, and Individual Assistance exists only for disasters where it was designated, so many jurisdictions show none.
| Assistance type | Approved amount |
|---|---|
| Repair and replacement | $6,216,508 |
| Rental assistance | $736,608 |
| Other needs | $593,538 |
Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated to this jurisdiction to reduce future disaster losses, across the FEMA mitigation programs. This is the record of past mitigation investment a local hazard mitigation plan documents. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited, and are separate from the Public Assistance funding above.
| Program | Projects | Federal share obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP) | 17 | $3,805,689 |
| Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation(LPDM) | 1 | $2,499,333 |
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM) | 6 | $1,360,245 |
| Flood Mitigation Assistance(FMA) | 1 | $51,000 |
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 17 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2026 | DR-4904-AK | DR | Winter Storm | Severe Storm |
| Mar 14, 2022 | DR-4646-AK | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm And Straight-Line Winds |
| Apr 9, 2020 | DR-4533-AK | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3446-AK | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Aug 22, 2019 | FM-5290-AK | FM | Fire | Deshka Landing Fire |
| Aug 20, 2019 | FM-5287-AK | FM | Fire | Mckinley Fire |
| Jan 31, 2019 | DR-4413-AK | DR | Earthquake | Earthquake |
| Nov 30, 2018 | EM-3410-AK | EM | Earthquake | Earthquake |
| Sep 5, 2018 | DR-4391-AK | DR | Flood | Flooding |
| Jun 15, 2015 | FM-5084-AK | FM | Fire | Sockeye Fire |
| Nov 27, 2012 | DR-4094-AK | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, And Landslides |
| Jun 11, 2009 | DR-1843-AK | DR | Flood | Flooding And Ice Jams |
| Oct 16, 2006 | DR-1663-AK | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides |
| Apr 26, 2003 | DR-1461-AK | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm, Including High Winds And Freezing Temperatures |
| Nov 8, 2002 | DR-1440-AK | DR | Earthquake | Earthquake |
| Jun 26, 2002 | DR-1423-AK | DR | Flood | Flooding |
| Feb 17, 2000 | DR-1316-AK | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storms And Avalanches |
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.
Choose a citation style, then copy the formatted citation. This profile is derived from FEMA OpenFEMA data and is updated as the underlying Disaster Data build is refreshed.