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Disaster risk in Anchorage

Anchorage ranks #65 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 52 — Fun. That puts it in the 52nd percentile nationally and #1 of 1 in Alaska.

resilience score
52
Fun
National rank
#65 of 134
In Alaska
#1 of 1
Percentile
52nd

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Anchorage sits 2 points above the median.

How disaster risk is measured

Exposure to natural hazards and severe events.

The resilience score is the flip side of our disaster risk measure — 100 minus the raw disaster risk score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data source: FEMA National Risk Index.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Anchorage

  1. T#63 Jacksonville, FL 53
  2. T#63 Jersey City, NJ 53
  3. #65 Anchorage, AK — this page 52
  4. #66 Savannah, GA 51
  5. T#67 Bridgeport, CT 50

See the full leaderboard — Cities at the lowest disaster risk →

Top US cities for low disaster risk

  1. #1 Stowe, VT 100
  2. #2 Telluride, CO 99
  3. T#3 Aspen, CO 98
  4. T#3 Virginia Beach, VA 98
  5. #5 Park City, UT 97

More about Anchorage

Anchorage scores 36 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: