Natural hazards · Delta Junction

Delta Junction, AK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Delta Junction comes from wildfires, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Delta Junction?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Delta Junction to be higher than in 88% of U.S. communities, mostly from wildfires and avalanches.

Wildfire33%Avalanches20%Cold waves20%Earthquakes20%Inland flooding6%

By hazard

What Delta Junction faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Wildfire

33% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Avalanches

20% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 100 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherLandslidesStrong windLightningVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHeat wavesDroughtTsunamis

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Delta Junction flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Delta Junction.

Disasters that hit Delta Junction

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Delta Junction itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Delta Junction.

Brought FEMA money into Delta JunctionDeclared for Southeast Fairbanks Census Area only

2002

Earthquake

9 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

1999

Severe Winter Storms and Avalanches

$11K to the City of Delta Junction for repairs

Southeast Fairbanks Census Area has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Delta Junction

Delta Junction and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Delta Junctionmostly wildfiresVery high

Deltanamostly wildfiresVery high

Big Deltamostly wildfiresVery high

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Delta Junction is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Delta Junction’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Delta Junction. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.