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Montana Winter Storm FEMA Disaster Declaration DR-4914-MT

Source: FEMA · Montana

FEMA issued declaration DR-4914-MT, a Major Disaster declaration. A Major Disaster Declaration is FEMA's broadest category. It unlocks the full range of federal recovery programs — Public Assistance, and potentially Individual Assistance and Hazard Mitigation — once a disaster overwhelms state and local capacity. Major Disaster declarations make up 25% of the 83 FEMA disaster declarations Areazine has tracked (21 of them). Areazine has reported 2 FEMA disaster declarations for Montana.

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Declaration type
Major Disaster
Declaration code
DR-4914-MT
State
Montana
Share of archive
25% of 83 declarations
Source
FEMA
Published
June 9, 2026
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A Major Disaster Declaration is FEMA's broadest category. It unlocks the full range of federal recovery programs — Public Assistance, and potentially Individual Assistance and Hazard Mitigation — once a disaster overwhelms state and local capacity.

Areazine has reported 2 FEMA disaster declarations for Montana.

Record status: a point-in-time snapshot of the FEMA declaration. Program activations and designated-area lists can be amended after publication, so check FEMA's own declaration page for the current, authoritative scope.

What Happened

FEMA issued major disaster declaration DR-4914-MT on May 29, 2026, for a severe winter storm and straight-line winds. The incident occurred from December 17-18, 2025.

Affected Areas

  • Fort Peck Indian Reservation (Montana)

Federal Assistance Available

Individual Assistance (IH) has been declared. Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation, and IA programs were not declared.

What You Should Do

Residents in designated areas may apply for available FEMA assistance programs.

Source

FEMA Disaster Declaration DR-4914-MT

Original source: FEMA Official Notice ↗

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Nationwide notices with similar length or severity timing 4

Two Areazine-derived peer sets for this FEMA disaster declaration: nearest notices by body length and by same severity near the same agency date. Peers come from other categories so they are not the same-feed Related list above.

Similar body length

Nearest notices by article body length (546 characters here).

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about this FEMA disaster declaration.

What is a Major Disaster declaration? ▾
A Major Disaster Declaration is FEMA's broadest category. It unlocks the full range of federal recovery programs — Public Assistance, and potentially Individual Assistance and Hazard Mitigation — once a disaster overwhelms state and local capacity.
How common is this type of FEMA declaration? ▾
Major Disaster declarations account for 25% (21 of 83) of the FEMA disaster declarations Areazine has reported.
How many FEMA disaster declarations has Montana received? ▾
Areazine has reported 2 FEMA disaster declarations for Montana, across all declaration types tracked in this archive.
What should residents in the declared area do? ▾
Contact your state or local emergency management agency for the specific programs this declaration activates in your area, and register with FEMA directly if Individual Assistance applies — declaration scope varies case by case and is never something to infer from the declaration type alone.

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