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Sitka City and Borough, AK

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 92.4 Very High

8,368
Population
0
Departments
0
Stations
2
Census Tracts

Natural Hazard Loss Profile

Expected annual loss across the 18 natural hazards in FEMA's National Risk Index. Life safety is expressed in fatality-equivalents, combining expected deaths and injuries. Property loss counts building damage only, not agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.23
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
20th highest of 30
Life Safety per 100k
2.75
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
23rd highest of 30
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$4.2M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
8th highest of 30
Property Loss per Resident
$500
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
14th highest of 30

These figures cover natural hazards only. Structure fire, EMS, and motor vehicle incidents are not in the National Risk Index, so this is not an all-cause life safety measure. For Sitka City and Borough, the largest single contributor is Landslide, 47% of the life-safety total.

Sitka City and Borough carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $4.2M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 30 Alaska counties. Nationally, Sitka City and Borough ranks 1786th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 360th for life safety per 100k residents, 2415th for property loss, and 862nd for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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Natural hazard exposure is only part of the risk. Fire deaths and injuries, cause of ignition, and dollar loss per incident come from NERIS incident reporting, which grows as departments serving Sitka City and Borough enroll. Our Regional tier adds that data for the departments your jurisdiction sponsors, next to public risk and NERIS adoption for every department in Sitka City and Borough.

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Loss Breakdown

57%
43%
Property (buildings): $4.2M (57.0%)
Life safety: $3.2M (43.0%)
Agriculture: $0 (0.0%)

Total expected annual loss: $7,336,448 per year. Life safety is shown here in dollars, at FEMA's $13.7M value of statistical life, so the three shares sum to the total.

Hazards Ranked Two Ways

The hazard that threatens people is often not the hazard that destroys buildings. Both columns cover the same 18 hazards over the same year.

By life-safety loss ($/yr)

Landslide
$1.5M
Avalanche
$913K
Earthquake
$611K
Volcanic Activity
$86K
Inland Flooding
$23K
Winter Weather
$22K

By property loss ($/yr)

Tsunami
$2.0M
Earthquake
$1.6M
Inland Flooding
$392K
Landslide
$82K
Volcanic Activity
$56K
Winter Weather
$12K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Sitka City and Borough. Gray tracts have no modeled loss or no resident population. Per-resident figures on this map use the National Risk Index 2020 tract population.

Fire Service Profile

No departments registered in NERIS Public for Sitka City and Borough, AK.

Department Rankings

Fire and EMS departments serving Sitka City and Borough. Click column headers to sort.

NRI Rating is from FEMA's National Risk Index, which measures community risk across 18 natural hazards using expected annual losses, social vulnerability, and community resilience. Life-Safety Loss uses FEMA's Value of Statistical Life ($13.7M per expected fatality) to estimate annual risk to human life.

Department boundaries and station counts are self-reported through NERIS Public and may not reflect current service areas. Population and Life-Safety Loss reflect each department's full jurisdiction. County-level risk metrics are computed from census tract data and are not affected by boundary accuracy. See full methodology.

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Risk Snapshot

7.5%
Poverty Rate
17.7%
Age 65+
18.7%
Disability Rate
10.1%
Uninsured
50.5%
Pre-1980 Housing
9.1%
Mobile Homes
17.3%
Vacancy Rate
3.1%
Wood Heat
$99,336
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

0
Last 10 Years
0
Last 25 Years
None
Most Frequent

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