Natural hazards · Whitestone

Whitestone, AK natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Whitestone comes from wildfires, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Whitestone?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Whitestone 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 Whitestone 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 Whitestone flood?

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

Disasters that hit Whitestone

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Southeast Fairbanks Census Area shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Whitestone itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into WhitestoneDeclared for Southeast Fairbanks Census Area only

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

Around Whitestone

Whitestone and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Whitestonemostly 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. Whitestone 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 Whitestone’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Whitestone. 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.

Whitestone, AK natural hazards

How exposed is Whitestone?

What Whitestone faces

Wildfire

Avalanches

Cold waves

Earthquakes

Inland flooding

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Whitestone flood?

Federal disasters declared here

Whitestone and the towns around it

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