FEMADeclarations of 1972

FEMA disaster declarations in 1972

FEMA made 48 disaster declarations in 1972: 48 major disasters, 0 emergencies and 0 fire management assistance declarations. New Mexico had the most (3); the most common incident was flood (43).

The 48 declarations of 1972

Declaration	State	Incident	Declared	Areas
DR-363-MI	Michigan	Flood	December 1, 1972	9
DR-362-OH	Ohio	Flood	November 24, 1972	5
DR-361-NM	New Mexico	Flood	November 20, 1972	3
DR-360-AZ	Arizona	Flood	October 25, 1972	2
DR-359-VA	Virginia	Flood	October 10, 1972	31
DR-358-VA	Virginia	Flood	October 7, 1972	3
DR-357-MA	Massachusetts	Fishing Losses	September 28, 1972	8
DR-356-ME	Maine	Fishing Losses	September 28, 1972	8
DR-355-PA	Pennsylvania	Flood	September 28, 1972	1
DR-354-IA	Iowa	Flood	September 26, 1972	17
DR-353-NM	New Mexico	Flood	September 20, 1972	2
DR-352-WI	Wisconsin	Flood	September 10, 1972	4
DR-351-IL	Illinois	Flood	September 4, 1972	3
DR-350-MN	Minnesota	Flood	August 25, 1972	5
DR-349-WV	West Virginia	Flood	August 23, 1972	4
DR-348-IA	Iowa	Flood	August 18, 1972	4
DR-347-MN	Minnesota	Flood	August 1, 1972	13
DR-346-NM	New Mexico	Flood	August 1, 1972	1
DR-345-OH	Ohio	Flood	July 19, 1972	7
DR-344-WV	West Virginia	Flood	July 3, 1972	15
DR-343-AZ	Arizona	Flood	July 3, 1972	3
DR-342-CA	California	Flood	June 27, 1972	1
DR-341-MD	Maryland	Flood	June 23, 1972	21
DR-340-PA	Pennsylvania	Flood	June 23, 1972	67
DR-339-VA	Virginia	Flood	June 23, 1972	106
DR-338-NY	New York	Flood	June 23, 1972	26
DR-337-FL	Florida	Coastal Storm	June 23, 1972	14
DR-336-SD	South Dakota	Flood	June 10, 1972	4
DR-335-ND	North Dakota	Flood	June 10, 1972	7
DR-334-WA	Washington	Flood	June 10, 1972	3
DR-333-TX	Texas	Flood	May 20, 1972	7
DR-332-KY	Kentucky	Flood	May 15, 1972	10
DR-331-TN	Tennessee	Flood	May 15, 1972	4
DR-330-MI	Michigan	Snowstorm	April 5, 1972	9
DR-329-CA	California	Flood	April 5, 1972	2
DR-328-WA	Washington	Flood	March 24, 1972	3
DR-327-NH	New Hampshire	Coastal Storm	March 18, 1972	1
DR-326-ME	Maine	Flood	March 7, 1972	7
DR-325-MA	Massachusetts	Flood	March 6, 1972	4
DR-324-ID	Idaho	Flood	March 2, 1972	1
DR-323-WV	West Virginia	Flood	February 27, 1972	7
DR-322-WA	Washington	Flood	February 1, 1972	9
DR-321-AR	Arkansas	Flood	January 27, 1972	27
DR-320-TX	Texas	Flood	January 27, 1972	6
DR-319-OR	Oregon	Flood	January 21, 1972	10
DR-318-MS	Mississippi	Flood	January 19, 1972	9
DR-317-OK	Oklahoma	Flood	January 14, 1972	12
DR-316-CA	California	Flood	January 11, 1972	1

Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2). Data as of September 29, 2026.

By state

State	Major disasters	Emergencies	Fire management
New Mexico	3	0	0
Virginia	3	0	0
West Virginia	3	0	0
California	3	0	0
Washington	3	0	0
Michigan	2	0	0
Ohio	2	0	0
Arizona	2	0	0
Massachusetts	2	0	0
Maine	2	0	0
Pennsylvania	2	0	0
Iowa	2	0	0
Minnesota	2	0	0
Texas	2	0	0
Wisconsin	1	0	0
Illinois	1	0	0
Maryland	1	0	0
New York	1	0	0
Florida	1	0	0
South Dakota	1	0	0
North Dakota	1	0	0
Kentucky	1	0	0
Tennessee	1	0	0
New Hampshire	1	0	0
Idaho	1	0	0
Arkansas	1	0	0
Oregon	1	0	0
Mississippi	1	0	0
Oklahoma	1	0	0

Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2). Data as of September 29, 2026.

By incident type

Incident type	Declarations
Flood	43
Fishing Losses	2
Coastal Storm	2
Snowstorm	1

Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2). Data as of September 29, 2026.

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