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Petersburg Borough, Alaska

Petersburg Borough recorded 3 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 2 major disasters, 1 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is biological.

Highlighted: Petersburg Borough, AK

Totals: FY2000–FY2025 · Page last rebuilt Sep 12, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals

3
Declarations since FY2000
2
Major disasters (DR)
1
Emergencies (EM)
0
Fire management (FM)
Feb 2021
Most recent
$1.6M
Federal PA obligated (top: roads and bridges)

The federal disaster record for Petersburg Borough runs between 2020 and 2021, covering 3 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides in 2021. The hazards behind these declarations were most often biological and mud/landslide. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $1.6 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for roads and bridges.

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 02195
CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI
68.6
overall percentile nationally

Approximately 68.6% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status39.3
Household characteristics74.5
Racial and ethnic minority status83.5
Housing type and transportation80.7

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

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025
15.4
overall risk score
Very Low
Expected annual loss$5.1MVery Low
NRI social vulnerability59.5Relatively Moderate
Community resilience18.7Very 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.

Federal Public Assistance by category

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.

CategoryProjectsFederal share obligated
Roads and bridges(C)1$857,731
Emergency protective measures(B)12$758,290
Debris removal(A)1$3,406
All categories14$1,619,427

Recovery funding, how fast it came

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 4-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 314 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.

Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides 2021$876K
394 days to first federal obligation
Covid-19 Pandemic 2020$743K
235 days to first federal obligation
Declared1 yr2 yr3 yr4 yr

Assistance to households (Individual Assistance)

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.

3
valid registrations
0
households approved
$0
total IHP approved

Most common hazards

Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan

Every local hazard mitigation plan must document previous occurrences of each hazard. Here is that record for Petersburg Borough, sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.

HazardDateFEMA declarationType
Mud/LandslideFeb 17, 2021DR-4585-AKDR
BiologicalApr 9, 2020DR-4533-AKDR
BiologicalMar 13, 2020EM-3446-AKEM

Every declaration on record

DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance

Showing 3 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Feb 17, 2021DR-4585-AKDRMud/LandslideSevere Storm, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Apr 9, 2020DR-4533-AKDRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3446-AKEMBiologicalCovid-19
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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); the in-progress year may appear in the most-recent list but is not counted in the totals. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.

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