Bethel Census Area, AK: risk-assessment baseline packet, release 2026-10

Summary

Plan status as of 2026-09-30: No county-level plan row in FEMA data.

Highest expected annual loss (FEMA National Risk Index, modeled total; see B1-a): Cold Wave ($6,635,727 a year), Inland Flooding ($759,399) and Wildfire ($372,225).

The tables that follow are organized by the items of FEMA's Local Mitigation Plan Review Tool, Element B (B1-a to B2-c); each heading says which item its tables support.

Terms used

EAL:: expected annual loss: FEMA's modeled average yearly loss from a hazard.
NRI:: FEMA's National Risk Index (version 1.20, December 2025).
NFIP:: National Flood Insurance Program.
RL, SRL:: repetitive loss and severe repetitive loss: flood-insured properties with repeated claims (definitions in B2-c).
FMA, HMGP:: Flood Mitigation Assistance and Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, FEMA mitigation grants.
PA:: FEMA Public Assistance: disaster aid to governments and some nonprofits.
Zone-level:: NOAA logged the event for a National Weather Service forecast zone, which may include parts of neighboring counties.
County-coded:: NOAA logged the event to this county.
FIPS:: the federal code for a place; 02050 is this area.
D0 to D4:: U.S. Drought Monitor categories, from abnormally dry (D0) to exceptional drought (D4).
F/EF, EFU:: Fujita and Enhanced Fujita tornado ratings; EFU is an unrated tornado.
kt, CONUS:: knots (1 kt is about 1.15 mph); the contiguous United States.
CFR:: Code of Federal Regulations.
A4-a, E1-a:: other items of FEMA's Local Mitigation Plan Review Tool (sources, and changes since the last plan).
Dollars:: nominal (as reported, labeled with the year), not adjusted for inflation.

Plan clock

No county-level plan row in FEMA data

What changed since your last plan

Not available. No county-level plan row in FEMA data, so there is no approval date to count from.

Sources: 1, 2, 4, 6 (numbered list at the end)

Plan status for every jurisdiction listed in this county: 24 rows, in the section "Plan clock: Plan status for every jurisdiction listed in this county" on the following pages.

State plan status and tribal plans in this state: see the state page.

Plan clock

Plan status for every jurisdiction listed in this county

Source: 1

Jurisdiction	Type	Status	Plan	Approved	Expires	Days to expirynegative = days since expiry	Update underway
Akiak city	City	Approved, expires 2028-03-22	Akiak HMP (FEMA plan 108472)	2023-03-23	2028-03-22	539
Aniak city	City	Approved, expires 2027-02-07	Aniak HMP (FEMA plan 107938)	2022-02-08	2027-02-07	130
Atmautluak CDP	Unincorporated	Expired on 2020-11-03	Atmautluak CDP and Village MJHMP (FEMA plan 101410)	2015-11-03	2020-11-03	-2,157
Bethel city	City	Approved, expires 2031-07-19	Bethel LHMP (FEMA plan 110096)	2026-07-20	2031-07-19	1,753
Chefornak city	City	Approved, expires 2028-03-21	Chefornak City and Village MJHMP (FEMA plan 108579)	2023-03-22	2028-03-21	538
Chuathbaluk city	City	Expired on 2023-05-07	Chuathbaluk City and Village MJHMP (FEMA plan 104636)	2018-05-08	2023-05-07	-1,242
Eek city	City	Expired on 2019-09-12	Eek HMP (FEMA plan 25031)	2014-09-12	2019-09-12	-2,575
Goodnews Bay city	City	Expired on 2023-05-31	Goodnews Bay City and Native Village MJHMP (FEMA plan 104765)	2018-06-01	2023-05-31	-1,218
Kwethluk city	City	Expired on 2015-02-23	Kwethluk HMP (FEMA plan 25078)	2010-02-23	2015-02-23	-4,237
Lower Kalskag city	City	Expired on 2018-10-30	Lower Kalskag HMP (FEMA plan 25086)	2013-10-30	2018-10-30	-2,892
Mekoryuk city	City	Expired on 2020-11-05	Mekoryuk HMP (FEMA plan 101498)	2015-11-05	2020-11-05	-2,155
Napakiak city	City	Expired on 2026-02-23	Napakiak City and Village MJHMP (FEMA plan 107072)	2021-02-24	2026-02-23	-219	FEMA tracker shows a plan in progress
Napaskiak city	City	Expired on 2019-12-30	Napaskiak HMP (FEMA plan 100696)	2014-12-30	2019-12-30	-2,466
Newtok CDP	Other	No approved plan on record	none	none	none		FEMA tracker shows a plan in progress
Nightmute city	City	Expired on 2020-12-08	Nightmute HMP (FEMA plan 101412)	2015-12-08	2020-12-08	-2,122
Nunapitchuk city	City	Expired on 2023-09-13	Nunapitchuck HMP (FEMA plan 105154)	2018-09-14	2023-09-13	-1,113
Quinhagak city	City	No approved plan on record	none	none	none		FEMA tracker shows a plan in progress
Red Devil CDP	Unincorporated	Expired on 2013-09-12	Red Devil HMP (FEMA plan 25118)	2008-09-12	2013-09-12	-4,766
Sleetmute CDP	Unincorporated	Expired on 2019-02-14	Sleetmute HMP (FEMA plan 25129)	2014-02-14	2019-02-14	-2,785
Toksook Bay city	City	Expired on 2019-10-15	Toksook Bay HMP (FEMA plan 25139)	2014-10-15	2019-10-15	-2,542	FEMA tracker shows a plan in progress
Tuluksak CDP	Unincorporated	Expired on 2018-08-08	Tuluksak HMP (FEMA plan 25140)	2013-08-08	2018-08-08	-2,975
Tuntutuliak CDP	Alaska Native Village	No approved plan on record	none	none	none		FEMA tracker shows a plan in progress
Tununak CDP	Unincorporated	Expired on 2020-11-05	Tununak HMP (FEMA plan 101409)	2015-11-05	2020-11-05	-2,155
Upper Kalskag city	City	Expired on 2018-12-06	Upper Kalskag HMP (FEMA plan 25143)	2013-12-06	2018-12-06	-2,855

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-a: hazard identification

Hazards NRI does not cover (local data needed)

dam failure (incl. upstream dams)
levee failure
flash flood as its own subtype
ice jams
debris flows
erosion (riverine and coastal)
land subsidence and sinkholes
expansive soils

The 18 National Risk Index hazards, ranked by expected annual loss (EAL)

Sources: 5, 6

Rank by EAL	Hazard	NRI risk rating	EAL rating	EAL buildingsmodeled dollars per year	EAL agriculturemodeled dollars per year	Cost of expected deaths and injuriesFEMA's dollar value per year, not property damage	EAL total (see note)modeled dollars per year	Storm Events records, 1996 to 2026-06-30count	Storm Events coverage note
1	Cold Wave	Relatively High	Relatively High	$9,688	$0	$6,626,039	$6,635,727	7
2	Inland Flooding	Very Low	Very Low	$759,399	$0	$0	$759,399	69
3	Wildfire	Relatively Low	Relatively Low	$351,073	$0	$21,152	$372,225	11
4	Winter Weather	Relatively High	Relatively Moderate	$51,486	$0	$185,114	$236,601	329
5	Earthquake	Very Low	Very Low	$112,000	n/a	$45,800	$157,801		Storm Events does not record earthquakes.
6	Lightning	Relatively Low	Very Low	$2,030	n/a	$56,635	$58,665	0	No recorded events in Storm Events since 1996 (data through 2026-06-30).
7	Tsunami	Very Low	Very Low	$54,262	n/a	$0	$54,262	0	No recorded events in Storm Events since 1996 (data through 2026-06-30).
8	Avalanche	Relatively Low	Very Low	$4	n/a	$8,065	$8,070	5
9	Ice Storm	Very Low	Very Low	$35	n/a	$1,271	$1,306	11
10	Tornado	Very Low	Very Low	$410	$0	$373	$783	2
11	Landslide	Very Low	Very Low	$25	n/a	$309	$335	0	Declared 1 time; no Storm Events record of this type.
12	Strong Wind	Very Low	Very Low	$65	$0	$124	$189	53	Includes 49 High Wind and 1 Strong Wind records (NOAA non-thunderstorm wind types, outside NRI's Strong Wind definition).
13	Hail	Very Low	Very Low	$67	$0	$15	$82	7
14	Volcanic Activity	Very Low	Very Low	under $1	n/a	$4	$4	0	No recorded events in Storm Events since 1996 (data through 2026-06-30).
15	Coastal Flooding	No Rating	No Expected Annual Losses	$0	n/a	$0	$0	27
16	Drought	No Rating	No Expected Annual Losses	n/a	$0	n/a	$0	0	No recorded events in Storm Events since 1996 (data through 2026-06-30).
	Heat Wave	Insufficient Data	Insufficient Data	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	No recorded events in Storm Events since 1996 (data through 2026-06-30).

Total = buildings + agriculture + population equivalence; FEMA values each expected death (or 10 injuries) at $13.7 million (2024 dollars).

NRI risk rating combines expected annual loss with social vulnerability and community resilience; EAL rating rates expected annual loss alone. Both compare this county with all U.S. counties.

Local data needed: state and local lightning, tsunami, landslide, volcanic activity and heat wave records (Storm Events records these hazards only in part).

Not applicable to this county per NRI, with no federal declaration and no Storm Events record since 1996: hurricane. That is the evidence for leaving them out of the plan.

The state hazard mitigation plan also lists hazards for this county; FEMA asks the plan to explain any hazard it leaves out.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-b: hazard location

Affects the whole county (national data give no location within it): Cold Wave, Drought, Hail, Heat Wave, Ice Storm, Lightning, Strong Wind and Winter Weather.

Coastal Flooding and Inland Flooding: The FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) is the required location source for flooding. See the FEMA Flood Map Service Center (https://msc.fema.gov) for this county.

Hazards that vary within the county: highest-rated census tracts

Source: 5

Hazard	Highest-rated census tractsNRI risk rating, score 0 to 100
Avalanche	tract 1 (Very Low, 66.9); tract 3 (Very Low, 66.7)
Earthquake	tract 3 (Relatively Moderate, 80.5); tract 2 (Relatively Low, 41.4); tract 1 (Very Low, 39.8)
Landslide	tract 3 (Relatively Low, 88.4); tract 1 (Relatively Low, 83.6); tract 2 (Very Low, 19.4)
Tornado	tract 2 (Very Low, 2.2); tract 1 (Very Low, 2.1); tract 3 (Very Low, 0.3)
Tsunami	tract 1 (Relatively Low, 70.6)
Volcanic Activity	tract 1 (Very Low, 77.4); tract 2 (Very Low, 75.6); tract 3 (Very Low, 72.6)
Wildfire	tract 3 (Relatively High, 97.4); tract 2 (Relatively Moderate, 96.0); tract 1 (Relatively Moderate, 93.7)

Up to 3 census tracts per hazard, highest National Risk Index rating first, then highest score; a tract number is the Census tract number (for example 1 is Census Tract 1). FEMA's Resilience Analysis and Planning Tool maps the National Risk Index for every tract: https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/resilience-analysis-and-planning-tool

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-c: hazard extent

Extent: scale, observed range and worst recorded event per hazard

Sources: 6, 7

Hazard	Scale	Recordscount and years	Observed range	Worst recorded event	Most damaging (when different)	How it applies to jurisdictions	Note
Avalanche	none (count and damage only)	5 records, 2000 to 2022 (5 zone-level)		Avalanche, 2003-02-06, $10,000 property; crops not reported (2003 dollars); NWS zone AKZ145		Countywide (zone-level records).
Coastal Flood, Storm Surge/Tide	none in data (flood depth: FIRM)	27 records, 2002 to 2025 (27 zone-level)		Coastal Flood, 2011-11-11, $20,000 property; $0 crops (2011 dollars); NWS zone AKZ155		Countywide (zone-level records).	Flood depth: see the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map.
Cold/Wind Chill, Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	wind chill	7 records, 2012 to 2023 (7 zone-level)	1 day to 4 days (median 2 days); 6 with a recorded value	4 consecutive days, 2022-02-05 to 2022-02-08, zone-level		Countywide (zone-level records).
Frost/Freeze (outside NRI's Cold Wave definition)	crop damage	0
Drought	U.S. Drought Monitor scale (D0 to D4)	0					Storm Events enters a drought at D2 or worse east of the Rockies and D3 or worse from the Rockies west (NWS Instruction 10-1605); NRI drought counts D3 and D4 only.
Earthquake	Modified Mercalli (local data)	0					Storm Events does not record earthquakes; the USGS earthquake catalog is the source.
Hail	hail size (inches)	7 records, 2004 to 2018 (7 zone-level)		No hail record can stand as this county's largest: the 7 records with a recorded size reached this county only through an NWS zone that covers more than one county, so the hail may have occurred outside this county (zone-level); they are counted as occurrences.		Countywide (zone-level records).
Excessive Heat, Heat	heat index (in event narratives)	0
Ice Storm	Sperry-Piltz ice scale (local data)	11 records, 2002 to 2025 (11 zone-level)		No damage reported in 11 records.		Countywide (zone-level records).
Flash Flood, Flood, Lakeshore Flood	damage and flood days (flood depth: FIRM)	69 records, 2001 to 2025 (69 zone-level)		Flood, 2006-08-18, $20,000,000 property; crops not reported (2006 dollars); NWS zone AKZ145		Countywide (zone-level records).	Flood depth: see the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map. Storm Events damage is often $0 or blank for floods, major ones included; FEMA Public Assistance by declaration (B1-d) shows which floods cost the most.
Debris Flow	none (count and damage only)	0
Lightning	annualized frequency (the measure FEMA's Local Mitigation Planning Handbook names)	0					Storm Events lists lightning with damage or casualties.
High Wind and Strong Wind (outside NRI's Strong Wind definition)	wind speed (kt and mph)	50 records, 2000 to 2025 (50 zone-level)	39 kt (45 mph) to 93 kt (107 mph) (median 65 kt (75 mph)); 50 with a recorded value	93 kt (107 mph) measured gust, High Wind, 2009-02-25; NWS zone AKZ161	High Wind, 2013-10-24, $200,000 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2013 dollars)	Countywide (zone-level records).
Thunderstorm Wind	wind speed (kt and mph)	3 records, 2007 to 2008 (3 zone-level)		No thunderstorm wind record can stand as this county's strongest: the 3 records with a recorded speed reached this county only through an NWS zone that covers more than one county, so the wind may have occurred outside this county (zone-level); they are counted as occurrences.		Countywide (zone-level records).
Tornado	Enhanced Fujita (Fujita before Feb 2007)	2 records, 2004 (2 zone-level)		No tornado record can stand as this county's worst: the 2 records reached this county only through an NWS zone that covers more than one county, so the tornado may have occurred outside this county (zone-level); they are counted as occurrences.		Countywide (zone-level records).	Before 1996 a tornado is listed once, under the county where it began, with its whole path's rating and length; from 1996 on, each county lists its own segment. Length is not used to rank tornadoes (see Methods).
Tsunami	none (count and damage only)	0
Volcanic Ash, Volcanic Ashfall	Volcanic Explosivity Index (local data)	0
Wildfire	acres burned (local data)	11 records, 2015 to 2026 (11 zone-level)		Wildfire, 2015-06-14, $750,000 property; $0 crops (2015 dollars), 4 direct injuries (reported for the zone); NWS zone AKZ145		Countywide (zone-level records).
Winter Storm, Heavy Snow, Blizzard, Lake-Effect Snow, Winter Weather, Sleet	none in data (snowfall: local data)	329 records, 2001 to 2026 (329 zone-level)		Blizzard, 2009-02-25, $200,000 property; $0 crops (2009 dollars); NWS zone AKZ155		Countywide (zone-level records).

In event narratives only (local data needed): wind chill, temperature, heat index, ice thickness, acres burned and snow depth; any physical measure of avalanche, debris flow, lightning, tsunami and volcanic ash, volcanic ashfall.

Storm Events records are more complete after 1996; before 1996 only Tornado (from 1950), Hail and Thunderstorm Wind (from 1955) exist. Zone-level records from zones that no NWS zone-county file places in this county (mostly before 2020) are not counted here (the Methods page explains the zone matching).

Dollars are nominal (as reported), labeled with the year; not adjusted for inflation.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-d: previous occurrences

Federal declarations for this county: 20 declarations covering 18 separate hazard incidents counted in this packet (declarations for the same incident count once; non-natural and evacuation-only declarations are not counted).

No county-level plan row in FEMA data, so there is no approval date to count from.

Federal disaster declarations for this county

Sources: 1, 2, 3

Declared	Incident began	FEMA number	Type	Title	Mapped hazard	County Public Assistancefederal share obligated, nominal dollars	Flags	Notes
2025-10-22	2025-10-08	DR-4893-AK	Major disaster	Severe Storms, Flooding, and Remnants of Typhoon Halong	Inland Flooding (primary); also designated: Strong Wind	$3,583,283.64	within last 5 years	part of county
2023-08-23	2023-05-12	DR-4730-AK	Major disaster	Flooding	Inland Flooding	$1,827,516.18	within last 5 years	part of county
2022-09-23	2022-09-15	DR-4672-AK	Major disaster	Severe Storm, Flooding, and Landslides	Inland Flooding; Landslide	$4,241,862.76	within last 5 years	part of county
2022-08-26	2022-05-08	DR-4667-AK	Major disaster	Flooding	Inland Flooding	none placed in this county by FEMA's record; $1,551,438.10 for this declaration is not placed in any county (see the state page)	within last 5 years	part of county
2020-04-09	2020-01-20	DR-4533-AK	Major disaster	COVID-19 Pandemic	Non-natural, not counted	$181,646.53
2020-03-13	2020-01-20	EM-3446-AK	Emergency	COVID-19	Non-natural, not counted	no Public Assistance recorded		same incident as DR-4533; part of county
2014-01-23	2013-11-05	DR-4162-AK	Major disaster	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding	Inland Flooding; Strong Wind	$10,902.41		part of county
2013-06-25	2013-05-17	DR-4122-AK	Major disaster	Flooding	Inland Flooding	$2,182.09		part of county
2011-12-22	2011-11-08	DR-4050-AK	Major disaster	Severe Winter Storms and Flooding	Inland Flooding; Winter Weather	$0		part of county
2011-06-10	2011-05-08	DR-1992-AK	Major disaster	Ice Jam and Flooding	Inland Flooding	$716,530.17		part of county
2009-06-11	2009-04-28	DR-1843-AK	Major disaster	Flooding and Ice Jams	Inland Flooding	$424,017.74		part of county
2006-10-27	2006-08-03	DR-1666-AK	Major disaster	Fire	Wildfire	none placed in this county by FEMA's record; $247,393.81 for this declaration is not placed in any county (see the state page)		part of county
2006-08-04	2006-05-13	DR-1657-AK	Major disaster	Snow Melt and Ice Jam Flooding	Inland Flooding	$125,795.38		part of county
2005-12-09	2005-09-22	DR-1618-AK	Major disaster	Severe Fall Storm, Tidal Surges, and Flooding	Inland Flooding	$458,090.88		part of county
2004-11-15	2004-10-18	DR-1571-AK	Major disaster	Severe Winter Storm, Tidal Surges and Flooding	Inland Flooding; Winter Weather	$700,237.11		part of county
2002-06-26	2002-04-27	DR-1423-AK	Major disaster	Flooding	Inland Flooding	$1,862,664.35
2000-02-17	1999-12-21	DR-1316-AK	Major disaster	Severe Winter Storms and Avalanches	Winter Weather	none placed in this county by FEMA's record; $49,077.34 for this declaration is not placed in any county (see the state page)
1991-05-30	1991-04-15	DR-909-AK	Major disaster	Heavy Snow, Ice Jams & Flooding	Winter Weather	no Public Assistance recorded
1989-06-10	1989-05-01	DR-832-AK	Major disaster	Flooding	Inland Flooding	no Public Assistance recorded
1989-05-10	1989-01-15	DR-826-AK	Major disaster	Severe Freezing	Cold Wave	no Public Assistance recorded

County Public Assistance: applicants the FEMA record places in this county, including any state agencies FEMA files there; statewide rows are listed on the state page; federal share obligated, nominal dollars.

Statewide declarations

Source: 2

Declared	Incident began	FEMA number	Type	Title	Mapped hazard
1964-03-28	1964-03-28	DR-168-AK	Major disaster	Earthquake	Earthquake
1955-12-22	1955-12-22	DR-46-AK	Major disaster	Severe Hardship	Other, not an NRI hazard; not counted
1954-11-10	1954-11-10	DR-31-AK	Major disaster	Severe Hardship	Other, not an NRI hazard; not counted
1953-10-30	1953-10-30	DR-13-AK	Major disaster	Severe Hardship	Other, not an NRI hazard; not counted

FEMA recorded these with designated area Statewide and no county, so they are listed on every county page in the state and not counted with county rows. Local data needed: whether each one affected this county.

7 Fire Management declarations (1970-06-26 to 1996-06-05) FEMA filed as Statewide with no county; each names one local fire. Listed on the state page.

Public Assistance not placed in any Alaska county: 40 rows, $21,127,378.43; listed on the Alaska state page.

Source: 3

Previous occurrences by hazard, with explicit no-event rows

Sources: 2, 6, 7

Hazard	Storm Events records, all years on file(years in the Period column)	Last 5 yearsrecords	Declared incidents, all yearsseparate disasters	Period	Statement
Avalanche	5	1	0	1996 to 2026-06-30
Coastal Flooding	27	14	0	1996 to 2026-06-30
Cold Wave	7	6	1	1996 to 2026-06-30
Drought	0	0	0	1996 to 2026-06-30	No recorded events, 1996 to 2026-06-30, NOAA NCEI Storm Events
Earthquake	0	0	0		Storm Events does not record earthquakes; the USGS earthquake catalog is the source.
Hail	7	0	0	1955 to 2026-06-30
Heat Wave	0	0	0	1996 to 2026-06-30	No recorded events, 1996 to 2026-06-30, NOAA NCEI Storm Events
Ice Storm	11	1	0	1996 to 2026-06-30
Inland Flooding	69	24	14	1996 to 2026-06-30
Landslide	0	0	1	1996 to 2026-06-30	No Storm Events records of this type; 1 federal declared incident (see declarations table)
Lightning	0	0	0	1996 to 2026-06-30	No recorded events, 1996 to 2026-06-30, NOAA NCEI Storm Events
Strong Wind	53	4	2	1955 to 2026-06-30	Includes 49 High Wind and 1 Strong Wind records.
Tornado	2	0	0	1950 to 2026-06-30
Tsunami	0	0	0	1996 to 2026-06-30	No recorded events, 1996 to 2026-06-30, NOAA NCEI Storm Events
Volcanic Activity	0	0	0	1996 to 2026-06-30	No recorded events, 1996 to 2026-06-30, NOAA NCEI Storm Events
Wildfire	11	10	1	1996 to 2026-06-30
Winter Weather	329	93	4	1996 to 2026-06-30

Notable Storm Events records

Sources: 1, 6, 7

Date	Event type	Magnitude or extent	Damagenominal dollars	Deaths, injuriesdirect only	Location	Flags	Why listed
2025-10-12	Coastal Flood		property not reported; $0 crops (zone total, 2025 dollars)	1, 1	NWS zone AKZ755 (KUSKOKWIM DELTA COAST AND NUNIVAK ISLAND), zone-level	within last 5 years	deaths or injuries recorded
2022-02-05	Cold/Wind Chill		$0 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2022 dollars)	0, 0	NWS zone AKZ155 (KUSKOKWIM DELTA), zone-level	within last 5 years	B1-c worst recorded: Cold/Wind Chill, Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
2015-06-14	Wildfire		$750,000 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2015 dollars)	0, 4	NWS zone AKZ145 (SUSITNA VALLEY), zone-level		B1-c worst recorded: Wildfire
2015-03-14	Avalanche		$0 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2015 dollars)	1, 0	NWS zone AKZ145 (SUSITNA VALLEY), zone-level		deaths or injuries recorded
2013-10-24	High Wind	39 kt (45 mph) measured sustained	$200,000 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2013 dollars)	0, 0	NWS zone AKZ145 (SUSITNA VALLEY), zone-level		B1-c most damaging: High Wind and Strong Wind
2012-09-19	Flood		$10,370,000 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2012 dollars)	1, 0	NWS zone AKZ145 (SUSITNA VALLEY), zone-level		deaths or injuries recorded
2011-11-11	Coastal Flood		$20,000 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2011 dollars)	0, 0	NWS zone AKZ155 (KUSKOKWIM DELTA), zone-level		B1-c worst recorded: Coastal Flood, Storm Surge/Tide
2011-01-23	Blizzard		$0 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2011 dollars)	1, 0	NWS zone AKZ155 (KUSKOKWIM DELTA), zone-level		deaths or injuries recorded
2009-02-25	Blizzard		$200,000 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2009 dollars)	0, 0	NWS zone AKZ155 (KUSKOKWIM DELTA), zone-level		B1-c worst recorded: Winter Storm, Heavy Snow, Blizzard, Lake-Effect Snow, Winter Weather, Sleet
2009-02-25	High Wind	93 kt (107 mph) measured gust	$100,000 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2009 dollars)	0, 0	NWS zone AKZ161 (BRISTOL BAY), zone-level		B1-c worst recorded: High Wind and Strong Wind
2006-08-18	Flood		$20,000,000 property; crops not reported (zone total, 2006 dollars)	0, 0	NWS zone AKZ145 (SUSITNA VALLEY), zone-level		B1-c worst recorded: Flash Flood, Flood, Lakeshore Flood
2003-02-06	Avalanche		$10,000 property; crops not reported (zone total, 2003 dollars)	0, 0	NWS zone AKZ145 (SUSITNA VALLEY), zone-level		B1-c worst recorded: Avalanche

The full list is in the Excel file, sheet "B1-d Storm Events history" (521 rows).

Location is the place NOAA recorded, as written in its data; it need not be a jurisdiction in this plan.

Local data needed: state-declared emergencies, from your state emergency management agency (federal data do not include them).

Tribal and special-area declarations in this state are listed on the state page.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-e: probability of future events

Probability: FEMA annualized frequency and descriptor per hazard

Sources: 5, 6

Hazard	FEMA annualized frequency (modeled)unit per row	Unit	In plain terms	Descriptor	Descriptor basis	NRI events or days in its record period (hail, wind and tornado are area-weighted, so can be fractional)	NRI period	Location	Note
Avalanche	0.0333	events per year	about 1 in 30 years	Possible	FEMA annualized frequency (modeled)	1	1994 to 2023 (30 years)	see B1-f
Coastal Flooding	0	events per year at a location (modeled)	none modeled	Likely	Storm Events records in 15 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (50%)	not shown	modeled	see B1-f	NRI models no coastal flooding event-days here (modeled); Storm Events has a record in 15 of 30 years. The descriptor comes from Storm Events, which records events NRI's definition leaves out.
Cold Wave	4.54	event-days per year	about 4.54 days per year	Likely	Storm Events event-days in 4 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (13.3%)	81.1	2005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years)	countywide
Drought	0	event-days per year	none modeled		Storm Events event-days in 0 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (0%)	0	2000 to 2025 (25.25 years; D3 and D4 only)	countywide	No Storm Events drought record, 1996 to 2025
Earthquake	0.0575	annual probability at a location	chance a given location in the county has at least minor-damage shaking in a year: 5.75%			not shown	modeled	see B1-f	No descriptor (Storm Events does not record earthquakes).
Hail	0.00109	events per year	about 1 in 915 years	Unlikely	FEMA annualized frequency (modeled)	0.0 (modeled)	1986 to 2023 (38 years)	countywide
Heat Wave		event-days per year			Storm Events event-days in 0 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (0%)		2005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years)	countywide	No Storm Events heat wave record, 1996 to 2025
Ice Storm	0.0149	event-days per year	about 0.0149 days per year	Likely	Storm Events event-days in 7 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (23.3%)	0	1946-12-31 to 2014-02-12 (67 years)	countywide
Inland Flooding	0.005	event-days per year	about 0.005 days per year	Likely	Storm Events event-days in 20 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (66.7%)	0	1996 to 2023 (28 years)	see B1-f
Landslide	0.377	events per year (modeled)	about 1 in 3 years	Likely	FEMA annualized frequency (modeled)	not shown	modeled	see B1-f
Lightning	21.3	days per year with a strike	about 21.3 days per year	Highly likely	FEMA annualized frequency (modeled)	not shown	1995 to 2023 (29 years; CONUS)	countywide
Strong Wind	0.000505	events per year	about 1 in 1,982 years	Unlikely	FEMA annualized frequency (modeled)	1	1986 to 2023 (38 years)	countywide
Tornado	0.0482	events per year	about 1 in 21 years	Possible	FEMA annualized frequency (modeled)	not shown	1950 to 2023 (EF2+); 1986 to 2023 (EF0-1)	see B1-f
Tsunami	0.0138	annual probability at the most exposed location (used in place of a county value)	chance at the county's most exposed location in a year: 1.38%		Storm Events records in 0 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (0%)	not shown	modeled	see B1-f	No descriptor: no Storm Events record 1996 to 2025
Volcanic Activity	0.031	annual probability	about 1 in 32 years	Possible	FEMA annualized frequency (modeled)	not shown	modeled	see B1-f
Wildfire	0.00266	annual probability at a location	chance a given location in the county burns in a year: 0.266%	Likely	Storm Events records in 4 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (13.3%)	not shown	modeled	see B1-f
Winter Weather	11.1	event-days per year	about 11.1 days per year	Likely	Storm Events event-days in 25 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (83.3%)	197	2005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years)	countywide

FEMA annualized frequency (modeled) is the National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025) estimate of how often a hazard affects this county in a year; it is not recorded events divided by years, and its unit differs by hazard (events, event-days, or days with a lightning strike per year). For earthquake, wildfire, coastal flooding and tsunami the value is the chance (or number of events) at a location in the county, not across the county, so no "1 in N years" is given and the descriptor comes from Storm Events where it has a record (none for earthquake). The Methods page gives each hazard's method, from FEMA's National Risk Index Technical Documentation v1.20.

Where NRI gives event-days, the descriptor comes from the share of years with a Storm Events record; NRI's source records more events, so the two differ.

Descriptor scale used in this packet (defined per unit)

Sources: 5, 6

Unit	Descriptor	Definition
events per year	Highly likely	1 or more per year
events per year	Likely	about once in 1 to 10 years
events per year	Possible	about once in 10 to 100 years
events per year	Unlikely	less than once in 100 years
annual probability	Likely	10% to under 100% chance in a given year
annual probability	Possible	1% to under 10% chance in a given year
annual probability	Unlikely	under 1% chance in a given year
event-days (share of years)	Highly likely	event-days recorded in 90% or more of years
event-days (share of years)	Likely	event-days recorded in 10% to under 90% of years
event-days (share of years)	Possible	event-days recorded in some years but under 10% of years
lightning strike-days	Highly likely	cloud-to-ground strikes on 1 or more days per year

Intensity bands: historical frequency (Storm Events)

Source: 6

Hazard	Band	Years	Years in period
Hail	1.00-1.99 in	1996 to 2025	30
Hail	2.00 in+	1996 to 2025	30
Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind)	50-64 kt	1996 to 2025	30
Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind)	65 kt+	1996 to 2025	30
Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind)	unmeasured or below 50 kt	1996 to 2025	30
Tornado	EF0-1	1996 to 2025	30
Tornado	EF2-3	1996 to 2025	30
Tornado	EF4-5	1996 to 2025	30
Tornado	unrated (EFU)	1996 to 2025	30

The bands show how often events of each severity were recorded in this county, to profile how severe events have been (FEMA's probability item asks for the range of intensities).

Hail smaller than 1 inch is not counted: on 2010-01-05 the National Weather Service raised its severe-hail threshold from 3/4 inch to 1 inch, so smaller reports became less common after 2009 (NWS Service Change Notice 09-52). NRI hail frequency uses a 0.75 inch threshold.

Optional: future conditions. Not a required item in the 2025 FEMA Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guide; some states ask for it. The federal Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation (CMRA) site gives county exposure to future climate conditions (https://resilience.climate.gov/).

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-f: hazards that vary across jurisdictions

Range of census tract risk within the county

Source: 5

Hazard	Tractsrated of all	NRI risk score, 0 to 100			Tracts by rating
Hazard	Tractsrated of all	Min	Median	Max	Tracts by rating
Avalanche	2 of 3	66.7	66.8	66.9	Very Low 2, Not Applicable 1
Coastal Flooding	0 of 3				No Rating 3
Cold Wave	3 of 3	91.6	99.9	100.0	Very High 2, Relatively High 1
Drought	0 of 3				No Rating 3
Earthquake	3 of 3	39.8	41.4	80.5	Relatively Moderate 1, Relatively Low 1, Very Low 1
Hail	3 of 3	1.0	1.2	1.6	Very Low 3
Heat Wave	0 of 3				Insufficient Data 3
Ice Storm	3 of 3	2.2	7.2	16.8	Very Low 3
Inland Flooding	3 of 3	4.5	39.6	43.5	Relatively Low 2, Very Low 1
Landslide	3 of 3	19.4	83.6	88.4	Relatively Low 2, Very Low 1
Lightning	3 of 3	44.2	83.3	90.6	Relatively High 2, Relatively Low 1
Strong Wind	3 of 3	0.3	1.7	2.0	Very Low 3
Tornado	3 of 3	0.3	2.1	2.2	Very Low 3
Tsunami	1 of 3	70.6	70.6	70.6	Relatively Low 1, Not Applicable 2
Volcanic Activity	3 of 3	72.6	75.6	77.4	Very Low 3
Wildfire	3 of 3	93.7	96.0	97.4	Relatively High 1, Relatively Moderate 2
Winter Weather	3 of 3	85.2	99.8	100.0	Very High 2, Relatively High 1

Rated tracts only: No Rating (score 0.0), Not Applicable and Insufficient Data tracts are counted but not used for the minimum, median and maximum.

The score ranks a tract against all U.S. tracts (100 = highest). The rating is FEMA's category for the tract's risk value, computed differently, so the two can disagree.

Frequency data for cold wave, hail, ice storm, lightning, strong wind and winter weather are county-wide or coarse (49 km grid or NWS zone), the same for every jurisdiction; the tract range mostly reflects where buildings and people are.

This county has 3 census tracts; the minimum, median and maximum come from those 3.

Each jurisdiction (starting figures from federal data)

Sources: 1, 3, 4, 6

Jurisdiction	Type	Plan status	Repetitive lossFMA RL and SRL (44 CFR 77.2); repeat-flood, any definition	Public Assistance to this jurisdictionFEMA records matched by applicant name; federal share obligated, nominal dollars	Event records naming this placeall years; since its plan	Notes
Akiak city	City	Approved, expires 2028-03-22	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	$14,888.76	0 total; 0 since its plan
Aniak city	City	Approved, expires 2027-02-07	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 5	$261,050.99	8 total; 4 since its plan	Includes $160,266.18 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4533-AK).
Atmautluak CDP	Unincorporated	Expired on 2020-11-03		no Public Assistance recorded	0 total; 0 since its plan	No NFIP community ID on this jurisdiction's plan row.
Bethel city	City	Approved, expires 2031-07-19	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 1	$98,431.26	7 total; not yet covered
Chefornak city	City	Approved, expires 2028-03-21		no Public Assistance recorded	0 total; 0 since its plan	No NFIP community ID on this jurisdiction's plan row.
Chuathbaluk city	City	Expired on 2023-05-07		no Public Assistance recorded	0 total; 0 since its plan	No NFIP community ID on this jurisdiction's plan row.
Eek city	City	Expired on 2019-09-12	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	no Public Assistance recorded	5 total; 3 since its plan
Goodnews Bay city	City	Expired on 2023-05-31		$0	0 total; 0 since its plan	No NFIP community ID on this jurisdiction's plan row.
Kwethluk city	City	Expired on 2015-02-23	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 1	$249,481.93	5 total; 4 since its plan
Lower Kalskag city	City	Expired on 2018-10-30	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	$54,006.75	3 total; 2 since its plan
Mekoryuk city	City	Expired on 2020-11-05	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	$1,810.46	0 total; 0 since its plan
Napakiak city	City	Expired on 2026-02-23		$3,329,455.73	5 total; 4 since its plan	No NFIP community ID on this jurisdiction's plan row.
Napaskiak city	City	Expired on 2019-12-30	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	no Public Assistance recorded	0 total; 0 since its plan
Newtok CDP	Other	No approved plan on record		no Public Assistance recorded	0 total; no approved plan	No NFIP community ID on this jurisdiction's plan row.
Nightmute city	City	Expired on 2020-12-08		$1,189,247.40	0 total; 0 since its plan	No NFIP community ID on this jurisdiction's plan row.
Nunapitchuk city	City	Expired on 2023-09-13		$90,841.58	0 total; 0 since its plan	No NFIP community ID on this jurisdiction's plan row. Includes $7,338.34 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4533-AK).
Quinhagak city	City	No approved plan on record		$454,374.63	0 total; no approved plan	No NFIP community ID on this jurisdiction's plan row.
Red Devil CDP	Unincorporated	Expired on 2013-09-12		no Public Assistance recorded	0 total; 0 since its plan	No NFIP community ID on this jurisdiction's plan row.
Sleetmute CDP	Unincorporated	Expired on 2019-02-14		no Public Assistance recorded	3 total; 2 since its plan	No NFIP community ID on this jurisdiction's plan row.
Toksook Bay city	City	Expired on 2019-10-15	FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0	$12,960	0 total; 0 since its plan
Tuluksak CDP	Unincorporated	Expired on 2018-08-08		no Public Assistance recorded	2 total; 1 since its plan	No NFIP community ID on this jurisdiction's plan row.
Tuntutuliak CDP	Alaska Native Village	No approved plan on record		no Public Assistance recorded	0 total; no approved plan	No NFIP community ID on this jurisdiction's plan row.
Tununak CDP	Unincorporated	Expired on 2020-11-05		no Public Assistance recorded	0 total; 0 since its plan	No NFIP community ID on this jurisdiction's plan row.
Upper Kalskag city	City	Expired on 2018-12-06		$77,381.06	0 total; 0 since its plan	No NFIP community ID on this jurisdiction's plan row. Includes $14,042.01 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4533-AK).

Repetitive-loss counts are for whole NFIP communities, which can extend beyond this county (see the note in B2-c).

County Public Assistance in B1-d also includes applicants filed under the county that are not jurisdictions in this plan (for example state agencies, special districts and nonprofits), so the jurisdiction rows add up to less.

Supports FEMA checklist items B2-a and B2-b: vulnerability and potential impacts

Local data needed

The table below gives county-level starting figures; the plan describes impacts for each jurisdiction and its own assets.

No county-level plan row in FEMA data, so there is no approval date to count from.

Critical facilities and lifelines per hazard
A problem statement per jurisdiction per hazard
Changes in development in hazard-prone areas since the last approval, or a statement of none (E1-a)
Future assets

County-level starter: exposure, expected annual loss and damage since the plan

Sources: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7

Hazard	Building exposuremodeled dollars	Agriculture exposuremodeled dollars	Population exposedpeople	EAL buildingsmodeled dollars per year	EAL agriculturemodeled dollars per year	Cost of expected deaths and injuriesFEMA's dollar value per year, not property damage	EAL as % of exposurebuildings; agriculture where noted	Note
Avalanche	$1,205,977	n/a	4	$4	n/a	$8,065	0.00035%
Coastal Flooding	$0	n/a	0	$0	n/a	$0		building exposure is 0 in NRI
Cold Wave	$2,902,613,532	$0	18,557	$9,688	$0	$6,626,039	0.000334%
Drought	n/a	$0	n/a	n/a	$0	n/a		agriculture exposure is 0 in NRI
Earthquake	$4,766,287,931	n/a	18,666	$112,000	n/a	$45,800	0.00235%
Hail	$2,907,755,663	$0	18,633	$67	$0	$15	under 0.0001%
Heat Wave	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a		NRI publishes no building exposure for this county
Ice Storm	$2,907,755,663	n/a	18,633	$35	n/a	$1,271	under 0.0001%
Inland Flooding	$2,883,541,209	$0	0	$759,399	$0	$0	n/a (see note)	NRI counts the full building value of any census block with some flood loss; this is not the value of buildings in the floodplain. Use local FIRM overlays for B2-a/B2-b.
Landslide	$42,720,926	n/a	97	$25	n/a	$309	under 0.0001%
Lightning	$2,907,755,663	n/a	18,633	$2,030	n/a	$56,635	under 0.0001%
Strong Wind	$2,907,755,663	$0	18,633	$65	$0	$124	under 0.0001%
Tornado	$2,907,755,663	$0	18,633	$410	$0	$373	under 0.0001%
Tsunami	$18,478,612	n/a	35	$54,262	n/a	$0	0.294%
Volcanic Activity	$2,907,755,663	n/a	18,633	under $1	n/a	$4	under 0.0001%
Wildfire	$401,506,295	$0	4,065	$351,073	$0	$21,152	0.0874%
Winter Weather	$2,902,613,532	$0	18,557	$51,486	$0	$185,114	0.00177%

Totals since the plan: not available. No county-level plan row in FEMA data, so there is no approval date to count from.

FEMA does not split Public Assistance by hazard. A declaration mapped to several hazards is listed under each of them with its full amount, so the per-hazard column does not add up to the total; the unit total counts each declaration once.

NRI computes earthquake exposure on its own basis, so it exceeds the county building value in B2-a.

Supports FEMA checklist item B2-a: vulnerability (county context)

County context

Source: 5

Measure	Value
Population	18,633
Building value (total, not at risk)	$2,907,755,663
Agriculture value (total, not at risk)	$0
NRI risk rating (all hazards)	Relatively Low
Expected annual loss, buildings and agriculture, all hazards	$1,340,545
Expected annual loss, population equivalence, all hazards (NRI values each statistical life at $13.7M; a modeled value of expected deaths and injuries, not property damage)	$6,944,903
Social vulnerability rating	Very High
Community resilience rating	Relatively Low
NRI version	December 2025

FEMA's all-hazard expected annual loss adds buildings, agriculture and population equivalence; this table gives the property part and the population-equivalence part as separate rows.

Social vulnerability: higher means people are more likely to be harmed and slower to recover. Community resilience: lower means the community is less able to recover. High social vulnerability and low resilience both raise the NRI risk rating.

Supports FEMA checklist item B2-c: repetitive loss properties

Repetitive loss in this county, both definitions

Sources: 1, 4

Definition	Properties	Severe repetitive loss	Properties
Repetitive loss, FMA definition (44 CFR 77.2)	0	Severe repetitive loss, FMA definition (44 CFR 77.2)	0
Repetitive loss, NFIP insurance definition	7	Severe repetitive loss, NFIP insurance definition	0

The state NFIP coordinator's list, the source FEMA's Handbook names, often uses the NFIP insurance definition (second row).

Repeat-flood properties: county total and NFIP communities

Sources: 1, 4

Scope	RL, NFIPproperties	Any categoryproperties	Currently insuredproperties
County total	7	7	1
of which: Aniak city	5	5	0
of which: Bethel city	1	1	1
of which: Kwethluk city	1	1	0

Repeat-flood properties by jurisdiction in the plan (NFIP community)

Sources: 1, 4

Jurisdiction	NFIP community ID	RL, NFIPproperties	Any categoryproperties	Currently insuredproperties
Akiak city	020101	0	0	0
Aniak city	020033	5	5	0
Bethel city	020104	1	1	1
Eek city	020043	0	0	0
Kwethluk city	020130	1	1	0
Lower Kalskag city	020061	0	0	0
Mekoryuk city	020063	0	0	0
Napaskiak city	020066	0	0	0
Toksook Bay city	020091	0	0	0

Counts by occupancy group for each jurisdiction are in the Excel file, sheet "B2-c Jurisdictions".

Jurisdiction rows are whole NFIP communities and need not add up to the county total: a community that extends into another county is counted in full on each jurisdiction row, while the county table counts only its part in this county.

County repeat-flood properties by occupancy group

Sources: 1, 4

Occupancy group	RL, NFIPproperties	Any categoryproperties	Currently insuredproperties
single-family residential	7	7	1
2 to 4 unit residential	0	0	0
other residential	0	0	0
non-residential	0	0	0
not reported	0	0	0

FEMA's occupancy groups have no institutional class; institutional properties are counted in non-residential or other residential in the table by occupancy group.

FMA RL and FMA SRL are the Flood Mitigation Assistance definitions (44 CFR 77.2), the ones the FEMA Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guide cites. NFIP repetitive loss (the FEMA insurance definition) is 2 or more claims over $1,000 in 10 years, and a property can leave that group once it is mitigated. Also shown: NFIP severe repetitive loss, any category, mitigated and currently insured. The Methods page gives the OpenFEMA field details.

Counts are aggregates of FEMA's public NFIP Multiple Loss Properties file (FEMA's data date 2026-08-02; file version 2026-08-04). No property is identified. County assignment is FEMA's geocode.

In this county 0 properties are FMA repetitive loss but not NFIP repetitive loss, and 7 properties are NFIP repetitive loss but not FMA repetitive loss.

Exact counts; no count suppression.

Sources

Tables cite these sources by number. The full list, for the plan's bibliography (FEMA review item A4-a):

FEMA, OpenFEMA HazardMitigationPlanStatuses v1, version 2026-09-29T134039Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/HazardMitigationPlanStatuses (API)
FEMA, OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, version 2026-09-29T162832Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries (API)
FEMA, OpenFEMA PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries v1, version 2026-09-29T150754Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries (API)
FEMA, OpenFEMA NfipMultipleLossProperties v1, version 2026-08-04T164045Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/NfipMultipleLossProperties (API)
FEMA, FEMA National Risk Index 1.20.0 (December 2025), county and census tract tables, version 1.20.0, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/about/reports-and-data/openfema/nri/v120/NRI_Table_Counties.zip (download, 25 MB), https://www.fema.gov/about/reports-and-data/openfema/nri/v120/NRI_Table_CensusTracts.zip (download, 635 MB)
NOAA NCEI, NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, details files (csvfiles v1.0), version c20260918, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/swdi/stormevents/csvfiles/
NOAA National Weather Service, NWS county-public forecast zones correlation file, version bp03mr20 to bp16ap26 (11 files; newest bp16ap26), pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.weather.gov/gis/ZoneCounty
U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2024 Gazetteer, 2020 place by county, CT county-to-cousub crosswalk, version 2024-gazetteer, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_counties_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_cousubs_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_place_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_unsd_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_elsd_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_scsd_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/codes2020/national_place_by_county2020.txt, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/ct_change/ct_cou_to_cousub_crosswalk.xlsx (used to match place names and codes; no table prints its values)

What this packet is and what the plan adds

This packet is the federal data for the plan's risk assessment (the summary on page 1 says how it is organized); the plan and FEMA's review decide whether each item is met.

The plan adds what only the community has: local data on assets, critical facilities, development and each jurisdiction's impacts; local hazard history, including state-declared emergencies; the mitigation strategy; and adoption.

How the federal data are built: National Risk Index values are FEMA's model, not counts of events. Storm Events is more complete from 1996; zone-level records are placed by forecast zone, not by location in the county. Public Assistance for a jurisdiction is matched by applicant name. The Methods page gives every rule and the known edge cases.

OpenFEMA disclaimer

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

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Cite this: Hazard Plain (2026). Bethel Census Area, AK: risk-assessment baseline packet, release 2026-10 (data as of 2026-09-30; County FIPS 02050). Automated baseline. https://hazardplain.org/ak/02050/ Built from FEMA OpenFEMA, the FEMA National Risk Index and NOAA NCEI Storm Events; source versions in the packet's Sources list.

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