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FEMADR-4525-UTMajor disasterDeclared April 4, 2020

DR-4525-UT: Utah Covid-19 Pandemic

FEMA made a major disaster declaration for Utah (DR-4525-UT) on April 4, 2020 for the incident of January 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023; it covers 36 designated areas. FEMA had approved $16.0 million for 2,352 households through the Individuals and Households Program (as of October 1, 2026) and obligated $445.7 million in Public Assistance (as of July 30, 2026).

The declaration

Declaration
DR-4525-UT (also written FEMA-4525-DR)
Type
Major disaster declaration
State
Utah
Incident
Biological: Covid-19 Pandemic
Incident period
January 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
Declared
April 4, 2020
Programs declared
Individuals and Households, Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation
FEMA region
8
Place in the year
the first of 2 major disaster declarations for Utah in 2020
Status
open (not yet closed out by FEMA)
Registration deadline (individual help)
September 30, 2025

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

Which areas are covered, and for what?

Designated areaIndividuals and HouseholdsPublic AssistanceHazard Mitigation
Beaver (County)YesYesYes
Box Elder (County)YesYesYes
Cache (County)YesYesYes
Carbon (County)YesYesYes
Daggett (County)YesYesYes
Davis (County)YesYesYes
Duchesne (County)YesYesYes
Emery (County)YesYesYes
Garfield (County)YesYesYes
Goshute Indian Reservation (Also NV)YesYesYes
Grand (County)YesYesYes
Iron (County)YesYesYes
Juab (County)YesYesYes
Kane (County)YesYesYes
Millard (County)YesYesYes
Morgan (County)YesYesYes
Navajo Nation Reservation (Also AZ and NM)YesYesYes
Northwestern Shoshoni Indian ReservationYesYesYes
Paiute of Utah Indian ReservationYesYesYes
Piute (County)YesYesYes
Rich (County)YesYesYes
Salt Lake (County)YesYesYes
San Juan (County)YesYesYes
Sanpete (County)YesYesYes
Sevier (County)YesYesYes
Skull Valley Indian ReservationYesYesYes
Summit (County)YesYesYes
Tooele (County)YesYesYes
Uintah (County)YesYesYes
Uintah and Ouray Indian ReservationYesYesYes
Utah (County)YesYesYes
Ute Mountain Indian ReservationYesYesYes
Wasatch (County)YesYesYes
Washington (County)YesYesYes
Wayne (County)YesYesYes
Weber (County)YesYesYes

An area can be added to a declaration after the first day, or have a program added: this table is FEMA's current list.

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

How much has FEMA approved?

2,352households approved for help (IHP)

$16.0 millionIndividuals and Households Program approved

$16.0 millionof it for other needs

$445.7 millionPublic Assistance obligated

$21.7 millionHazard Mitigation Grant Program obligated

Individual assistance figures as of October 1, 2026, public assistance as of July 30, 2026. FEMA updates both as applications are decided.

Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2); FEMA, OpenFEMA FEMA Web Disaster Summaries (v1). Data as of September 29, 2026.

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

FEMA's page for this declaration

FEMA's own page for this declaration is fema.gov/disaster/4525. AreaZine is not FEMA and cannot answer questions about an application. Registration for individual help closed on September 30, 2025.