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Sitka Borough, Alaska

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

Highlighted: Sitka Borough, AK

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

2
Declarations since FY2000
1
Major disasters (DR)
1
Emergencies (EM)
0
Fire management (FM)
Apr 2020
Most recent

The federal disaster record for Sitka Borough runs in 2020, covering 2 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020. Every one was tied to 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 02220
CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI
44.4
overall percentile nationally

Approximately 44.4% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status30.3
Household characteristics8.3
Racial and ethnic minority status78.4
Housing type and transportation82.4

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

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025
23.8
overall risk score
Very Low
Expected annual loss$7.3MVery Low
NRI social vulnerability55.1Relatively Moderate
Community resilience80.9Very High

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.

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.

5
valid registrations
2
households approved
$10,867
total IHP approved
Assistance typeApproved amount
Other needs$10,867

Hazard mitigation, what has been funded here

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.

$16,525
federal mitigation share
1
funded project
ProgramProjectsFederal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)1$16,525

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 Sitka Borough, sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.

HazardDateFEMA declarationType
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 2 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
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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