Alaska: FEMA disaster declarations

Official FEMA records · Historical data · Last refreshed 5 Nov 2026, 18:35 UTC

FEMA has issued 95 declarations for Alaska since 30 Oct 1953. The most recent is Mukluk Fire, declared 18 Aug 2026.

Major disaster declarations
66
Emergency declarations
3
Fire management assistance declarations
26
Declarations covering the whole state
11

These figures count FEMA declarations and designated areas. They do not measure damage, cost, deaths or how severe an event was.

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Latest declarations

Latest 20 FEMA declarations for Alaska
Declaration Incident type Declared ID
Mukluk Fire Fire 18 Aug 2026 FM-5672-AK
Severe Storms, Flooding, and Remnants of Typhoon Halong Flood 29 May 2026 DR-4912-AK
Severe Storm Winter Storm 7 Apr 2026 DR-4904-AK
Severe Storms, Flooding, and Remnants of Typhoon Halong Flood 22 Oct 2025 DR-4893-AK
Nenana Ridge Complex Fire 6 Jul 2025 FM-5597-AK
Himalaya Road Fire Fire 23 Jun 2025 FM-5596-AK
Bear Creek Fire Fire 23 Jun 2025 FM-5595-AK
Severe Storm and Flooding Severe Storm 15 Jan 2025 DR-4859-AK
Severe Storm and Flooding Severe Storm 10 Jan 2025 DR-4857-AK
Severe Storm and Flooding Severe Storm 1 Jan 2025 DR-4853-AK
Landslides Mud/Landslide 13 Nov 2024 DR-4846-AK
Flooding Flood 16 Oct 2024 DR-4836-AK
Severe Storm, Flooding, and Landslides Mud/Landslide 6 Apr 2024 DR-4767-AK
Severe Storm, Landslides, and Mudslides Mud/Landslide 15 Mar 2024 DR-4763-AK
Flooding Flood 23 Aug 2023 DR-4730-AK
Lost Horse Creek Fire Fire 3 Aug 2023 FM-5473-AK
Severe Storm, Flooding, and Landslides Severe Storm 23 Sep 2022 DR-4672-AK
Flooding Flood 26 Aug 2022 DR-4667-AK
Landslide Mud/Landslide 26 Jul 2022 DR-4661-AK
Clear Fire Fire 26 Jun 2022 FM-5442-AK

Most common incident types

Declarations inAlaskaby FEMA incident type
Incident type Declarations
Fire 30
Severe Storm 25
Flood 19
Mud/Landslide 5
Earthquake 4
Other 4
Biological 2
Coastal Storm 2

Declarations by borough or census area

FEMA declarations per borough or census area, 1964–2026

Map of Alaska by borough or census area, shaded by the number of FEMA declarations naming each, 1964 to 2026. Bethel: 45; Southeast Fairbanks: 23; Kenai Peninsula: 21 are the highest. Measure: count of FEMA declarations that designate each borough or census area; a declaration covering the whole state is not counted. Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2. Boundaries: US Census Bureau cartographic files via us-atlas. 29 of 29 areas shaded; 3 areas FEMA names (such as tribal lands or former county names) do not match a current boundary and appear only in the table. The table below lists every area.

32 borough or census areas named in at least one declaration since 1964. Declarations covering the whole state are not counted here.

FEMA declarations by borough or census area in Alaska
Borough or census area Declarations Most recent
Aleutians East (Borough) 4 COVID-19 Pandemic 9 Apr 2020
Anchorage (Borough) 7 COVID-19 Pandemic 9 Apr 2020
Bering Strait Regional Educational Attendance Area 12 Severe Storms, Flooding, and Remnants of Typhoon Halong 22 Oct 2025
Bristol Bay (Borough) 4 COVID-19 Pandemic 9 Apr 2020
Chatham Regional Educational Attendance Area 5 Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides 17 Feb 2021
Chugach Regional Educational Attendance Area 11 COVID-19 Pandemic 9 Apr 2020
Denali (Borough) 10 Bear Creek Fire 23 Jun 2025
Dillingham (Census Area) 7 COVID-19 Pandemic 9 Apr 2020
Fairbanks North Star (Borough) 17 Nenana Ridge Complex 6 Jul 2025
Haines (Borough) 3 Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides 17 Feb 2021
Hoonah Angoon (Census Area) 2 COVID-19 Pandemic 9 Apr 2020
Iditarod Area Regional Educational Attendance Area 45 Severe Storms, Flooding, and Remnants of Typhoon Halong 22 Oct 2025
Juneau (Borough) 3 Flooding 16 Oct 2024
Kashunamiut Regional Educational Attendance Area 12 Severe Storms, Flooding, and Remnants of Typhoon Halong 22 Oct 2025
Kenai Peninsula (Borough) 21 Landslide 26 Jul 2022
Ketchikan Gateway (Borough) 3 Landslides 13 Nov 2024
Kodiak Island (Borough) 7 COVID-19 Pandemic 9 Apr 2020
Kusilvak Census Area 2 Flooding 23 Aug 2023
Lake and Peninsula (Borough) 3 COVID-19 Pandemic 9 Apr 2020
Matanuska-Susitna (Borough) 20 Severe Storm 7 Apr 2026
North Slope (Borough) 8 COVID-19 Pandemic 9 Apr 2020
Northwest Arctic (Borough) 7 Severe Storms, Flooding, and Remnants of Typhoon Halong 22 Oct 2025
Petersburg (Borough) 3 Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides 17 Feb 2021
Pribilof Island Regional Educational Attendance Area 10 Severe Storms, Flooding, and Remnants of Typhoon Halong 22 Oct 2025
Prince of Wales-Hyder (Census Area) 2 Severe Storm, Flooding, and Landslides 6 Apr 2024
Sitka (Borough) 2 COVID-19 Pandemic 9 Apr 2020
Skagway (Municipality) 3 Severe Storm, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides 17 Feb 2021
Southeast Fairbanks (Census Area) 23 Mukluk Fire 18 Aug 2026
Southeast Islands Regional Educational Attendance Ar 6 Severe Storm, Flooding, and Landslides 6 Apr 2024
Wrangell (City and Borough) 3 Severe Storm, Flooding, and Landslides 6 Apr 2024
Yakutat (Borough) 3 COVID-19 Pandemic 9 Apr 2020
Yukon Koyukuk Regional Educational Attendance Area 21 Severe Storms, Flooding, and Remnants of Typhoon Halong 22 Oct 2025