ALASKA RISK MAP PROGRAM Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (Risk MAP) Increasing Resilience Together Municipal (National Flood Insurance Program [NFIP] and Non-NFIP) Risk MAP Studies Municipality of Anchorage City of Aniak City of Bethel City of Cordova City of Emmonak Fairbanks North Star Borough Haines Borough City of Homer (Kenai Peninsula Borough Coastal Study) City and Borough of Juneau Kenai Peninsula Borough Ketchikan Gateway Borough Kodiak Island Borough City of Kotzebue City of Kwethluk Matanuska-Susitna Borough City of Seward (Kenai Peninsula Borough Coastal Study) City and Borough of Sitka City of Valdez Imminently-Threatened Alaska Native Village Risk MAP Studies Overview: Assistance to Imminently-Threatened Alaska Native Villages Village of Kotlik Kotlik Risk MAP Study Page Kotlik Community Profile Story Map Kotlik Community Profile Risk MAP Program Documents and Links NATURAL HAZARD INFORMATION SHEETS Avalanche Information Sheet Earthquake Information Sheet Landslide Information Sheet Post-Wildfire Flooding Information Sheet Tsunami Information Sheet Volcano Information Sheet Wildfire Information Sheet MITIGATION ACTION IDEAS Mitigation Action Ideas: A Resource for Reducing Risk to Natural Hazards Earthquake Mitigation Ideas Erosion Mitigation Ideas Flood Mitigation Ideas Landslide Mitigation Ideas Lightning Mitigation Ideas Multiple Hazards Mitigation Ideas Sea Level Rise Mitigation Ideas Severe Wind Mitigation Ideas Severe Winter Weather Mitigation Ideas Storm Surge Mitigation Ideas Subsidence Mitigation Ideas Tsunami Mitigation Ideas Wildfire Mitigation Ideas OTHER RISK MAP RESOURCES What is Risk MAP? FEMA Flood Risk Products Risk MAP Discovery Risk MAP and the NFIP Cooperating Technical Partners Program What is a Levee? Living with Levees: A Shared Responsibility Alaska Floodplain Management Alaska Hazard Mitigation Planning FEMA Risk MAP Home Page FEMA Region X Risk MAP Workspace FEMA Region 10 Home Page Map of NFIP Participating Communities in Alaska Community Resilience Presentations, Resources and Websites NATIONAL BUILDING SAFETY INSTITUTE (NBSI) RESILIENCE DOCUMENTS NBSI Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves, 2017 Interim Report NBSI Natural Hazard Mitigation Saves, Utilities and Transportation Infrastructure Developing Pre-disaster Resilience Based on Public and Private Incentivization An Addendum to the White Paper for Developing Pre-Disaster Resilience Based on Public and Private Incentivization Mitigation Saves: Architects Can Present Results to Engage Clients Mitigation Saves: Building Codes Set the Foundation for Mitigation Investments Mitigation Saves: For Earthquakes, Designing to Exceed 2015 Codes Provides $4 Benefit for Each $1 Invested Mitigation Saves: For Riverine Flooding, Designing to Exceed 2015 Codes Provides $5 Benefit for Each $1 Invested PRESENTATIONS Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP): Assisting Imminently-Threatened Alaska Native Villages (presentation to Governor's Climate Action Leadership Team, February 27, 2018) Community Resilience and Climate Adaptation in Alaska (presentation at Climate Impacts to Infrastructure Workshop for Governor's Climate Action Leadership Team, February 26, 2018) RESILIENCE RESOURCES ON THE WEB Adapt Alaska - Living with Climate Change in Alaska Arctic Council Resilience Workshop Arctic Council Resilience Workshop Summary Report: 14 March 2016 U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit Catalog of Federal Resilience Programs for Alaskan Communities Rockefeller Foundation Resilient Cities HUD's Community Resilience Portal NOAA Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation Asessment Tool FEMA's National Resilience Guidance Arctic Research Consortium of the United States Implementation Plan for Alaska’s Arctic Policy USDA Climate Hub: Alaska and a Changing Climate Climate.gov Alaska DCRA's Other Community Resilience Programs State and Federal Programs Section Page Assistance to Environmentally-Vulnerable Communities Alaska Community Coastal Protection Project Village Inter-Agency Planning Groups Newtok Planning Group Kivalina Inter-Agency Planning Group Shaktoolik Inter-Agency Planning Group Shishmaref Inter-Agency Planning Group Alaska Climate Change Impact Mitigation Program The Alaska Risk MAP Program is funded through a Cooperating Technical Partnership between the State of Alaska and FEMA. The program provides communities with flood and other hazard information, risk assessment tools and outreach support to increase local understanding of risk, inform community decisions regarding risk, and ultimately lead to local actions which will reduce risk. Increasing community resilience to natural hazards is a goal. Risk MAP is a process, a continuing, collaborative partnership to help federal, state, tribal, and local community officials, business owners, private citizens and stakeholders make sound floodplain management decisions and take action to reduce risk from floods and other hazards. Risk MAP intends to integrate and align other FEMA mitigation and risk analysis programs, such as the Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning and National Flood Insurance Programs (NFIP), into a into an effective, community-based strategy. Communities can use the information and resources obtained through the Risk MAP process to update plans, reduce risk, and increase local resilience to disasters. The graphic to the left illustrates the Risk MAP Process from Discovery through Resilience. For more information on each step of the Risk MAP process, please visit the Risk MAP Process story map webpage. Alaska's Strategy The Alaska Mapping Business Plan: Integrating Mapping, Assessment, and Resilience Planning comprehensively evaluates the status of Alaska's flood maps, setting priorities for future mapping and risk assessment, and outlining a collaborative relationship with FEMA to fully execute the Risk MAP strategy for the benefit of Alaska’s communities, local governments, tribal entities, and residents. The purpose of the Alaska Mapping Business Plan is to provide FEMA with Alaska's strategy for local government participation in the Risk MAP Program. Environmentally Threatened Alaska Native Communities A focus of Alaska's Risk MAP Program is to provide assistance to Alaska Native villages threatened by flooding, erosion and permafrost degradation. This effort initially focuses on communities identified as highly or moderately threatened in the 2019 Statewide Threat Assessment. DCRA is partnering with other state and federal agencies, private sector organizations, non-profit entities, tribes and local governments to develop a strategy that will bring the resources and tools of Risk MAP to the communities most in need of this assistance. Please visit the Imminently-Threatened Alaska Native Village story map web page for more information. Mapping Studies in Alaska Risk MAP has been deployed in seventeen Alaskan municipalities (cities and boroughs) since 2011. Of these, currently three (3) municipal Risk MAP studies are in the Discovery phase, two (2) studies are In-Progress, five (5) studies have resulted in Preliminary FIRMs, one (1) study is in the Resilience phase, and three projects (Kodiak Island Borough, the City of Cordova and the Kenai Peninsula Borough, including the Cities of Homer and Seward) have been completed. The State Risk MAP Coordinator continues to assist the municipalities with their resilience goals after study completion. For more information on Alaska's Risk MAP projects, see the detailed study status in the drop-down menu, "Municipal (National Flood Insurance Program [NFIP] and Non-NFIP) Risk MAP Studies", above. Completed, Current, and Proposed Risk MAP Studies To open full-sized version of this map, click on the image FEMA Region X Risk MAP Newsletters For more information contact: Rebecca Rein State of Alaska Risk MAP Coordinator Division of Community and Regional Affairs Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development 550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 1650, Anchorage, AK 99501-3569 Phone (907) 269-3037 Fax (907) 269-4539 Email: rebecca.rein@alaska.gov Revised 12/04/2024