Dillingham Census Area, Alaska

What hazards hit Dillingham Census Area most?

The most frequent records are winter storm records: 95 since 2001. 45% of its winter storm records since 2001 fell in December and January. The rank column places the county among Alaska's counties by days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land over each hazard's complete period.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (county and forecast-zone records attributed to the county; a zone record shows its own totals on each county it covers). Days: dates with at least one record of the hazard in the county. Ranks: days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer), since 1950 for tornadoes, 1955 for hail and thunderstorm wind, 1996 for the rest.

When was the last damaging storm in Dillingham Census Area?

The most recent record with damage, injuries or deaths is the February 14, 2006 avalanche (1 death).

An avalanche at Pass Creek in Rainy Pass along the Alaska Range swept a snow machine and the driver of the machine into a terrain trap burying him and resulting in his death. The Avalanche occurred while he was breaking trail through the pass for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race.
National Weather Service event narrative, NOAA Storm Events Database (search the full record, event 5492879)

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database; every record of 2025-2026 is listed, earlier ones when they caused deaths, injuries or $250,000 of damage (2025 dollars), and every tornado.

The deadliest and costliest records

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: deaths and injuries direct and indirect; damage is property plus crops as estimated by the National Weather Service, converted to 2025 dollars.

Is it getting more frequent?

Records per decade for Dillingham Census Area's most frequent hazards. Counts rose everywhere after 1996, when NOAA began recording every event type, so compare decades within a hazard's complete period only (the shaded cells come before it).

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records per calendar decade; zone records from the CZ_TYPE field (Z).

What time of year?

45% of its winter storm records since 2001 fell in December and January. The two busiest months are in violet.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began.

Federal disaster declarations for Dillingham Census Area

FEMA's register lists 6 declarations that include Dillingham Census Area: 5 major disasters, one emergency and 0 fire management assistance declarations. Most were for biological (2) and severe storm (2).

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), declarations through October 2, 2026; one declaration is counted once however many areas it names. OpenFEMA dataset page.

FEMA's modeled risk for Dillingham Census Area

FEMA's National Risk Index rates Dillingham Census Area Very Low overall, with an expected annual loss of $6.7 million. These are FEMA's model estimates of future loss from 18 hazards, not a count of what happened; they can differ from the record above.

Source: FEMA National Risk Index, county table, December 2025 release. FEMA's National Risk Index map.

Counties that share a border with Dillingham Census Area

1. Bethel Census Area 434
2. Dillingham Census Area 161
3. Lake and Peninsula Borough 112
4. Bristol Bay Borough 1

Source: U.S. Census Bureau county adjacency file; NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1950. The Census Bureau's adjacency file.

Next

• Winter storms in AlaskaThe state's winter storm records, by county, year and month
• The Alaska recordEvery hazard in the state, its deadliest events and its federal declarations
• FEMA's risk rating for each hazard in Dillingham Census AreaThe hazard risk calculator: 18 hazards beside the county's record
• Download Dillingham Census Area's FEMA declarations (CSV)6 rows: every declaration that named the county, for your own analysis