FEMADR-4879-TXMajor disasterDeclared July 6, 2025
DR-4879-TX: Texas Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding
FEMA made a major disaster declaration for Texas (DR-4879-TX) on July 6, 2025 for the incident of July 2, 2025 to July 18, 2025; it covers 23 designated areas. FEMA had approved $41.7 million for 3,887 households through the Individuals and Households Program (as of October 1, 2026) and obligated $520.9 million in Public Assistance (as of September 25, 2026).
The declaration
- Declaration
- DR-4879-TX (also written FEMA-4879-DR)
- Type
- Major disaster declaration
- State
- Texas
- Incident
- Flood: Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding
- Incident period
- July 2, 2025 to July 18, 2025
- Declared
- July 6, 2025
- Programs declared
- Individuals and Households, Public Assistance
- FEMA region
- 6
- Place in the year
- the second of 2 major disaster declarations for Texas in 2025
- Status
- open (not yet closed out by FEMA)
- Registration deadline (individual help)
- September 28, 2025
Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2). Data as of September 29, 2026.
Which areas are covered, and for what?
| Designated area | Individuals and Households | Public Assistance | Hazard Mitigation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnet (County) | Yes | Yes | — |
| Coke (County) | — | Yes | — |
| Concho (County) | — | Yes | — |
| Edwards (County) | — | Yes | — |
| Guadalupe (County) | Yes | — | — |
| Hamilton (County) | — | Yes | — |
| Kendall (County) | — | Yes | — |
| Kerr (County) | Yes | Yes | — |
| Kimble (County) | Yes | Yes | — |
| Lampasas (County) | — | Yes | — |
| Llano (County) | — | Yes | — |
| Mason (County) | — | Yes | — |
| McCulloch (County) | Yes | Yes | — |
| Menard (County) | Yes | Yes | — |
| Real (County) | — | Yes | — |
| Reeves (County) | — | Yes | — |
| San Saba (County) | Yes | Yes | — |
| Schleicher (County) | — | Yes | — |
| Sutton (County) | — | Yes | — |
| Tom Green (County) | Yes | Yes | — |
| Travis (County) | Yes | Yes | — |
| Uvalde (County) | — | Yes | — |
| Williamson (County) | Yes | Yes | — |
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?
3,887households approved for help (IHP)
$41.7 millionIndividuals and Households Program approved
$29.2 millionof it for housing
$12.5 millionof it for other needs
$520.9 millionPublic Assistance obligated
Individual assistance figures as of October 1, 2026, public assistance as of September 25, 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.
FEMA's page for this declaration
FEMA's own page for this declaration is fema.gov/disaster/4879. AreaZine is not FEMA and cannot answer questions about an application. Registration for individual help closed on September 28, 2025.