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Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK

Community risk profile | NRI Score: 99.1 Very High

7,068
Population
1
Departments
2
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, separate from agriculture.

Natural Hazard Life Safety
0.50
expected fatality-equivalents per year, natural hazards only
12th highest of 30
Life Safety per 100k
7.03
natural hazard fatality-equivalents per 100,000 residents
14th highest of 30
Natural Hazard Property Loss
$7.1M
expected building loss per year, natural hazards only
7th highest of 30
Property Loss per Resident
$1,007
natural hazard building loss per resident per year
8th highest of 30

These figures cover natural hazards only. Structure fire, EMS, and motor vehicle incidents are not included in the National Risk Index and are not counted here, so this is not an all-cause life safety measure. For Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, the largest single contributor is Avalanche, 55% of the life-safety total.

Southeast Fairbanks Census Area carries an expected under 1 natural hazard fatality-equivalents and $7.1M in building loss per year. Rank chips compare the 30 Alaska counties. Nationally, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area ranks 1069th of 3,222 U.S. counties for life-safety loss, 78th for life safety per 100k residents, 1872nd for property loss, and 119th for property loss per resident. Computed from census tract data covering every resident, independent of fire department boundaries.

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What Drives the Loss

51%
49%
Property (buildings): $7.1M (51.1%)
Life safety: $6.8M (48.9%)
Agriculture: $0 (0.0%)

Total expected annual loss: $13,922,574 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)

Avalanche
$3.7M
Cold Wave
$2.4M
Earthquake
$445K
Wildfire
$154K
Winter Weather
$47K
Lightning
$24K

By property loss ($/yr)

Wildfire
$4.7M
Earthquake
$1.5M
Inland Flooding
$793K
Winter Weather
$31K
Cold Wave
$6K
Ice Storm
$4K

Census Tract Risk Map

Shaded by quintile across the census tracts in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area. 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

100%
Volunteer: 100% (1)
Residents per Station
3,534
census population per registered station
Stations per 100k
28.3
registered stations per 100,000 residents

Department composition covers the 1 departments registered in NERIS Public for Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK. Departments that have not registered are not counted. Station coverage divides census population by registered stations; department service areas overlap, so their populations are not summed.

Department Rankings

Fire and EMS departments serving Southeast Fairbanks Census Area. 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.

Showing 1 departments
Department Est. Population Life-Safety Loss NRI Rating Stations
Gakona Volunteer Fire Department 14,422 $34.8M Very High 2
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Risk Snapshot

12.7%
Poverty Rate
15.6%
Age 65+
13.5%
Disability Rate
14.8%
Uninsured
28.2%
Pre-1980 Housing
2.2%
Mobile Homes
29.0%
Vacancy Rate
36.5%
Wood Heat
$74,486
Median HH Income

FEMA Disaster Declarations

11
Last 10 Years
20
Last 25 Years
Biological
Most Frequent

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