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FEMADeclarations of 2020

FEMA disaster declarations in 2020

FEMA made 315 disaster declarations in 2020: 104 major disasters, 133 emergencies and 78 fire management assistance declarations. California had the most (23); the most common incident was biological (165).

The 315 declarations of 2020

DeclarationStateIncidentDeclaredAreas
DR-4576-MSMississippiHurricaneDecember 31, 20208
DR-4575-OKOklahomaSevere Ice StormDecember 21, 202029
DR-4574-NJNew JerseyHurricaneDecember 11, 202011
DR-4573-ALAlabamaHurricaneDecember 10, 202021
DR-4572-TXTexasHurricaneDecember 9, 20205
FM-5383-CACaliforniaFireDecember 3, 20201
FM-5382-NVNevadaFireNovember 17, 20201
EM-3551-FLFloridaHurricaneNovember 11, 202013
DR-4571-PRPuerto RicoFloodNovember 5, 20201
EM-3550-MSMississippiHurricaneOctober 28, 202013
EM-3549-LALouisianaHurricaneOctober 27, 202064
FM-5381-CACaliforniaFireOctober 26, 20203
FM-5380-CACaliforniaFireOctober 26, 20201
FM-5379-COColoradoFireOctober 17, 20201
FM-5378-COColoradoFireOctober 17, 20201
DR-4570-LALouisianaHurricaneOctober 16, 202064
DR-4569-CACaliforniaFireOctober 16, 202012
DR-4568-NCNorth CarolinaHurricaneOctober 14, 202016
EM-3548-MSMississippiHurricaneOctober 8, 202029
EM-3547-LALouisianaHurricaneOctober 7, 202064
DR-4567-NYNew YorkHurricaneOctober 2, 20207
DR-4566-DEDelawareHurricaneOctober 2, 20202
DR-4565-NDNorth DakotaSevere StormOctober 2, 20206
FM-5377-CACaliforniaFireSeptember 28, 20201
FM-5376-CACaliforniaFireSeptember 27, 20202
FM-5375-WYWyomingFireSeptember 26, 20202
DR-4564-FLFloridaHurricaneSeptember 23, 202014
DR-4563-ALAlabamaHurricaneSeptember 20, 202015
DR-4562-OROregonFireSeptember 15, 202020
EM-3546-FLFloridaHurricaneSeptember 15, 202013
EM-3545-ALAlabamaHurricaneSeptember 14, 202068
EM-3544-MSMississippiHurricaneSeptember 14, 202024
EM-3543-LALouisianaHurricaneSeptember 14, 202064
FM-5374-CACaliforniaFireSeptember 13, 20201
FM-5373-CACaliforniaFireSeptember 13, 20201
FM-5372-OROregonFireSeptember 12, 20201
FM-5371-OROregonFireSeptember 10, 20202
FM-5370-OROregonFireSeptember 10, 20201
FM-5369-OROregonFireSeptember 10, 20201
FM-5368-OROregonFireSeptember 10, 20201
DR-4561-IAIowaSevere StormSeptember 10, 20201
EM-3542-OROregonFireSeptember 10, 202011
FM-5367-OROregonFireSeptember 9, 20201
FM-5366-OROregonFireSeptember 9, 20201
FM-5365-OROregonFireSeptember 9, 20201
FM-5364-OROregonFireSeptember 9, 20201
FM-5363-CACaliforniaFireSeptember 9, 20203
FM-5362-OROregonFireSeptember 9, 20201
FM-5361-CACaliforniaFireSeptember 9, 20201
FM-5360-WAWashingtonFireSeptember 9, 20201
FM-5359-WAWashingtonFireSeptember 9, 20201
DR-4560-PRPuerto RicoHurricaneSeptember 9, 20204
FM-5358-OROregonFireSeptember 8, 20201
FM-5357-OROregonFireSeptember 8, 20201
FM-5356-OROregonFireSeptember 8, 20205
FM-5355-WAWashingtonFireSeptember 8, 20202
FM-5354-OROregonFireSeptember 8, 20201
FM-5353-UTUtahFireSeptember 7, 20201
FM-5352-WAWashingtonFireSeptember 7, 20201
FM-5351-WAWashingtonFireSeptember 7, 20203
FM-5350-CACaliforniaFireSeptember 6, 20201
FM-5349-COColoradoFireSeptember 6, 20201
FM-5348-CACaliforniaFireSeptember 6, 20202
FM-5347-WYWyomingFireSeptember 5, 20201
FM-5346-MTMontanaFireSeptember 5, 20201
FM-5345-MTMontanaFireSeptember 3, 20203
FM-5344-MTMontanaFireSeptember 2, 20202
FM-5343-MTMontanaFireSeptember 2, 20201
FM-5342-WAWashingtonFireSeptember 1, 20201
FM-5341-OROregonFireAugust 28, 20201
DR-4559-LALouisianaHurricaneAugust 28, 202064
EM-3541-ARArkansasHurricaneAugust 27, 202075
FM-5340-AZArizonaFireAugust 26, 20202
EM-3540-TXTexasHurricaneAugust 24, 202062
EM-3539-MSMississippiHurricaneAugust 23, 202024
EM-3538-LALouisianaHurricaneAugust 23, 202064
FM-5339-CACaliforniaFireAugust 22, 20201
DR-4558-CACaliforniaFireAugust 22, 202020
EM-3537-PRPuerto RicoHurricaneAugust 22, 202078
FM-5338-CACaliforniaFireAugust 21, 20202
FM-5337-WAWashingtonFireAugust 20, 20201
FM-5336-CACaliforniaFireAugust 20, 20202
FM-5335-COColoradoFireAugust 19, 20202
FM-5334-COColoradoFireAugust 19, 20202
FM-5333-CACaliforniaFireAugust 19, 20201
FM-5332-CACaliforniaFireAugust 18, 20201
FM-5331-CACaliforniaFireAugust 18, 20205
FM-5330-WAWashingtonFireAugust 17, 20202
FM-5329-CACaliforniaFireAugust 17, 20201
DR-4557-IAIowaSevere StormAugust 17, 202023
FM-5328-NVNevadaFireAugust 15, 20201
FM-5327-OROregonFireAugust 13, 20201
EM-3535-CTConnecticutHurricaneAugust 6, 202010
FM-5326-NVNevadaFireAugust 3, 20201
FM-5325-CACaliforniaFireAugust 2, 20203
FM-5324-MTMontanaFireAugust 2, 20202
EM-3534-NCNorth CarolinaHurricaneAugust 2, 2020101
EM-3533-FLFloridaHurricaneAugust 1, 202019
EM-3532-PRPuerto RicoHurricaneJuly 29, 202078
EM-3531-VIU.S. Virgin IslandsHurricaneJuly 29, 20203
FM-5323-WAWashingtonFireJuly 28, 20201
EM-3530-TXTexasHurricaneJuly 26, 202032
EM-3529-HIHawaiiHurricaneJuly 25, 20204
FM-5322-NVNevadaFireJuly 21, 20201
FM-5321-UTUtahFireJuly 13, 20201
FM-5320-WAWashingtonFireJuly 12, 20201
DR-4556-ARArkansasTornadoJuly 10, 202012
DR-4555-ALAlabamaSevere StormJuly 10, 20207
DR-4554-ALAlabamaSevere StormJuly 10, 202010
DR-4553-NDNorth DakotaFloodJuly 9, 202020
DR-4552-MOMissouriSevere StormJuly 9, 202019
DR-4551-MSMississippiSevere StormJuly 9, 202011
DR-4550-TNTennesseeSevere StormJuly 9, 202020
DR-4549-HIHawaiiSevere StormJuly 9, 20201
DR-4548-UTUtahEarthquakeJuly 9, 20202
DR-4547-MIMichiganDam/Levee BreakJuly 9, 20205
FM-5319-NVNevadaFireJuly 7, 20201
FM-5318-UTUtahFireJune 28, 20201
FM-5317-UTUtahFireJune 28, 20201
FM-5316-NVNevadaFireJune 27, 20201
FM-5315-AZArizonaFireJune 27, 20201
FM-5314-AZArizonaFireJune 23, 20201
FM-5313-AZArizonaFireJune 20, 20202
FM-5312-AZArizonaFireJune 11, 20201
EM-3527-LALouisianaCoastal StormJune 7, 202064
FM-5311-AZArizonaFireMay 30, 20201
DR-4546-ALAlabamaSevere StormMay 21, 202019
EM-3525-MIMichiganDam/Levee BreakMay 21, 20202
FM-5310-AZArizonaFireMay 18, 20201
FM-5309-FLFloridaFireMay 13, 20201
DR-4545-FLFloridaBiologicalMay 8, 20207
DR-4544-ARArkansasTornadoMay 8, 20201
DR-4543-NCNorth CarolinaSevere StormMay 8, 202019
FM-5308-FLFloridaFireMay 7, 20201
FM-5307-FLFloridaFireMay 6, 20201
DR-4542-SCSouth CarolinaSevere StormMay 1, 202010
DR-4541-TNTennesseeSevere StormApril 24, 20209
DR-4540-KYKentuckySevere StormApril 24, 202027
DR-4539-WAWashingtonFloodApril 23, 202015
DR-4538-MSMississippiSevere StormApril 23, 202015
DR-4537-ASAmerican SamoaBiologicalApril 17, 20205
DR-4536-MSMississippiSevere StormApril 16, 202029
DR-4535-WYWyomingBiologicalApril 11, 202024
DR-4534-IDIdahoBiologicalApril 9, 202049
DR-4533-AKAlaskaBiologicalApril 9, 202084
DR-4532-VTVermontBiologicalApril 8, 202014
DR-4531-MNMinnesotaBiologicalApril 7, 2020107
DR-4530-OKOklahomaBiologicalApril 5, 2020112
DR-4529-NMNew MexicoBiologicalApril 5, 202065
DR-4528-MSMississippiBiologicalApril 5, 202083
DR-4527-SDSouth DakotaBiologicalApril 5, 2020194
DR-4526-DEDelawareBiologicalApril 5, 20203
DR-4525-UTUtahBiologicalApril 4, 202036
DR-4524-AZArizonaBiologicalApril 4, 202036
DR-4523-NVNevadaBiologicalApril 4, 202044
DR-4522-MEMaineBiologicalApril 4, 2020438
DR-4521-NENebraskaBiologicalApril 4, 2020101
DR-4520-WIWisconsinBiologicalApril 4, 202084
DR-4519-OROregonFloodApril 3, 20204
DR-4518-ARArkansasBiologicalApril 3, 202076
DR-4517-WVWest VirginiaBiologicalApril 3, 202055
DR-4516-NHNew HampshireBiologicalApril 3, 202010
DR-4515-INIndianaBiologicalApril 3, 202093
DR-4514-TNTennesseeBiologicalApril 2, 202095
DR-4513-VIU.S. Virgin IslandsBiologicalApril 2, 20203
DR-4512-VAVirginiaBiologicalApril 2, 2020138
DR-4511-MPNorthern Mariana IslandsBiologicalApril 1, 20205
DR-4510-HIHawaiiBiologicalApril 1, 20205
DR-4509-NDNorth DakotaBiologicalApril 1, 202058
DR-4508-MTMontanaBiologicalMarch 31, 202064
DR-4507-OHOhioBiologicalMarch 31, 202088
DR-4506-PAPennsylvaniaBiologicalMarch 30, 202067
DR-4505-RIRhode IslandBiologicalMarch 30, 20207
DR-4504-KSKansasBiologicalMarch 29, 2020121
DR-4503-ALAlabamaBiologicalMarch 29, 202069
DR-4502-DCDistrict of ColumbiaBiologicalMarch 29, 20201
DR-4501-GAGeorgiaBiologicalMarch 29, 2020160
DR-4500-CTConnecticutBiologicalMarch 28, 202012
DR-4499-OROregonBiologicalMarch 28, 202047
DR-4498-COColoradoBiologicalMarch 28, 202066
DR-4497-KYKentuckyBiologicalMarch 28, 2020120
DR-4496-MAMassachusettsBiologicalMarch 27, 202017
DR-4495-GUGuamBiologicalMarch 27, 20201
DR-4494-MIMichiganBiologicalMarch 27, 202094
DR-4493-PRPuerto RicoBiologicalMarch 27, 202078
DR-4492-SCSouth CarolinaBiologicalMarch 27, 202047
DR-4491-MDMarylandBiologicalMarch 26, 202024
DR-4490-MOMissouriBiologicalMarch 26, 2020115
DR-4489-ILIllinoisBiologicalMarch 26, 2020102
DR-4488-NJNew JerseyBiologicalMarch 25, 202023
DR-4487-NCNorth CarolinaBiologicalMarch 25, 2020106
DR-4486-FLFloridaBiologicalMarch 25, 202070
DR-4485-TXTexasBiologicalMarch 25, 2020257
DR-4484-LALouisianaBiologicalMarch 24, 202071
DR-4483-IAIowaBiologicalMarch 23, 2020101
DR-4482-CACaliforniaBiologicalMarch 22, 202058
DR-4481-WAWashingtonBiologicalMarch 22, 202067
DR-4480-NYNew YorkBiologicalMarch 20, 202064
DR-4479-SCSouth CarolinaSevere StormMarch 17, 202010
EM-3580-NMNew MexicoBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3579-OKOklahomaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3578-OKOklahomaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3570-OKOklahomaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3559-NMNew MexicoBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3558-NMNew MexicoBiologicalMarch 13, 20202
EM-3557-NYNew YorkBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3536-SDSouth DakotaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3528-ALAlabamaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3526-SDSouth DakotaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3524-IAIowaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3523-NENebraskaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3522-LALouisianaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3521-NMNew MexicoBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3520-NMNew MexicoBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3519-NMNew MexicoBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3518-OKOklahomaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3517-OKOklahomaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3516-MTMontanaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3515-RIRhode IslandBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3514-OKOklahomaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3513-SDSouth DakotaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3512-NDNorth DakotaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3511-OKOklahomaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3510-NMNew MexicoBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3509-OKOklahomaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3508-MNMinnesotaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3507-WAWashingtonBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3506-NMNew MexicoBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3505-OKOklahomaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3504-NYNew YorkBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3503-MNMinnesotaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3502-OKOklahomaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3501-TXTexasBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3500-NMNew MexicoBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3499-OKOklahomaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3498-MEMaineBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3497-MAMassachusettsBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3496-NMNew MexicoBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3495-OKOklahomaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3494-OKOklahomaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3493-NENebraskaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3492-KSKansasBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3491-KSKansasBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3490-KSKansasBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3489-NENebraskaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3488-NENebraskaBiologicalMarch 13, 20202
EM-3487-OKOklahomaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3486-OKOklahomaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3485-NMNew MexicoBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3484-MAMassachusettsBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3483-NENebraskaBiologicalMarch 13, 202099
EM-3482-MOMissouriBiologicalMarch 13, 2020115
EM-3481-KSKansasBiologicalMarch 13, 2020109
EM-3480-IAIowaBiologicalMarch 13, 2020101
EM-3479-WYWyomingBiologicalMarch 13, 202024
EM-3478-UTUtahBiologicalMarch 13, 202036
EM-3477-NDNorth DakotaBiologicalMarch 13, 202058
EM-3476-MTMontanaBiologicalMarch 13, 202064
EM-3475-SDSouth DakotaBiologicalMarch 13, 202076
EM-3474-MSMississippiBiologicalMarch 13, 202083
EM-3473-TNTennesseeBiologicalMarch 13, 202095
EM-3472-ALAlabamaBiologicalMarch 13, 202068
EM-3471-NCNorth CarolinaBiologicalMarch 13, 2020101
EM-3470-SCSouth CarolinaBiologicalMarch 13, 202047
EM-3469-KYKentuckyBiologicalMarch 13, 2020120
EM-3468-FLFloridaBiologicalMarch 13, 20206
EM-3467-IDIdahoBiologicalMarch 13, 202044
EM-3466-GUGuamBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3465-ASAmerican SamoaBiologicalMarch 13, 20205
EM-3464-GAGeorgiaBiologicalMarch 13, 2020160
EM-3463-MPNorthern Mariana IslandsBiologicalMarch 13, 20204
EM-3462-OKOklahomaBiologicalMarch 13, 2020112
EM-3461-ARArkansasBiologicalMarch 13, 202076
EM-3460-NMNew MexicoBiologicalMarch 13, 202065
EM-3459-LALouisianaBiologicalMarch 13, 202072
EM-3458-TXTexasBiologicalMarch 13, 2020257
EM-3457-OHOhioBiologicalMarch 13, 202088
EM-3456-INIndianaBiologicalMarch 13, 202092
EM-3455-MIMichiganBiologicalMarch 13, 202094
EM-3454-WIWisconsinBiologicalMarch 13, 202083
EM-3453-MNMinnesotaBiologicalMarch 13, 2020105
EM-3452-PRPuerto RicoBiologicalMarch 13, 202078
EM-3451-NJNew JerseyBiologicalMarch 13, 202021
EM-3450-WVWest VirginiaBiologicalMarch 13, 202055
EM-3449-DEDelawareBiologicalMarch 13, 20203
EM-3448-VAVirginiaBiologicalMarch 13, 2020138
EM-3447-DCDistrict of ColumbiaBiologicalMarch 13, 20201
EM-3446-AKAlaskaBiologicalMarch 13, 202037
EM-3445-NHNew HampshireBiologicalMarch 13, 202010
EM-3444-MEMaineBiologicalMarch 13, 2020178
EM-3443-NVNevadaBiologicalMarch 13, 202044
EM-3442-AZArizonaBiologicalMarch 13, 202036
EM-3441-PAPennsylvaniaBiologicalMarch 13, 202067
EM-3440-RIRhode IslandBiologicalMarch 13, 20205
EM-3439-CTConnecticutBiologicalMarch 13, 20209
EM-3438-MAMassachusettsBiologicalMarch 13, 202014
EM-3437-VTVermontBiologicalMarch 13, 202014
EM-3436-COColoradoBiologicalMarch 13, 202066
EM-3435-ILIllinoisBiologicalMarch 13, 2020102
EM-3434-NYNew YorkBiologicalMarch 13, 202064
EM-3433-VIU.S. Virgin IslandsBiologicalMarch 13, 20203
EM-3432-FLFloridaBiologicalMarch 13, 202067
EM-3431-HIHawaiiBiologicalMarch 13, 20204
EM-3430-MDMarylandBiologicalMarch 13, 202024
EM-3429-OROregonBiologicalMarch 13, 202036
EM-3428-CACaliforniaBiologicalMarch 13, 202058
EM-3427-WAWashingtonBiologicalMarch 13, 202039
DR-4478-MSMississippiSevere StormMarch 12, 202013
DR-4477-WIWisconsinFloodMarch 11, 20203
FM-5306-OKOklahomaFireMarch 7, 20201
DR-4476-TNTennesseeTornadoMarch 5, 20206
DR-4475-NDNorth DakotaFloodJanuary 21, 202018
DR-4474-VTVermontSevere StormJanuary 17, 20208
DR-4473-PRPuerto RicoEarthquakeJanuary 16, 202034
EM-3426-PRPuerto RicoEarthquakeJanuary 7, 202078

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

The money for 2020's declarations

$4.0 billionIndividuals and Households Program approved (76 declarations)

670,915households approved for help

$106.3 billionPublic Assistance obligated (178 declarations)

FEMA's totals for the declarations made in 2020, as FEMA reports them today; money for a declaration keeps coming for years after it.

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

By state

StateMajor disastersEmergenciesFire management
California3119
Oregon3216
Oklahoma2161
Washington2210
New Mexico1120
Mississippi650
Florida353
Louisiana370
Alabama630
Arizona117
Nevada116
Puerto Rico440
Montana125
Colorado115
Utah214
Texas240
North Dakota420
Nebraska150
North Carolina320
New York230
Iowa320
Arkansas320
Tennessee410
South Dakota140
Kansas140
Wyoming112
Hawaii220
Michigan220
South Carolina310
Minnesota130
Massachusetts130
New Jersey210
Delaware210
Connecticut120
U.S. Virgin Islands120
Missouri210
Kentucky210
Vermont210
Maine120
Wisconsin210
Rhode Island120
American Samoa110
Idaho110
Alaska110
West Virginia110
New Hampshire110
Indiana110
Virginia110
Northern Mariana Islands110
Ohio110
Pennsylvania110
District of Columbia110
Georgia110
Guam110
Maryland110
Illinois110

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

By incident type

Incident typeDeclarations
Biological165
Fire82
Hurricane33
Severe Storm19
Flood6
Tornado3
Earthquake3
Dam/Levee Break2
Severe Ice Storm1
Coastal Storm1

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

Other years

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