Disaster Data / States / Alabama / Baldwin County
CountyBaldwin County recorded 15 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 10 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 25 in all. Its most common hazard is hurricane.
Highlighted: Baldwin County, AL
Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 26, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
The federal disaster record for Baldwin County runs between 2002 and 2026, covering 25 declarations in complete fiscal years, plus 1 so far in FY2027. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Hurricane Sally in 2020. The hazards behind these declarations were most often hurricane, severe storm, and biological. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $394.5 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for debris removal.
Past 12 months
Baldwin County has been named in 1 federal declaration in the past 12 months. The figures are what FEMA has reported for Baldwin County to date and grow as recovery continues. It is from FY2027, so it is added to the complete-year totals above after that year ends on Sep 30, 2027.
| Declaration | Declared | Households approved | Individual Assistance | Public Assistance obligated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EM-3656-ALEmergency · Hurricane | Oct 9, 2026Incident period Oct 7 to 12, 2026 | None reported | None reported | None reported yet |
Individual Assistance is FEMA's Individuals and Households Program, from OpenFEMA's Housing Assistance data for owners and renters. Public Assistance is the obligated federal share from OpenFEMA's grant award activity, which usually starts posting weeks to months after a declaration. Select a declaration number to open its full event profile, with the same figures for every place it covers.
Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.
Approximately 34.9% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.
Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation
The NRI combines expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience to describe relative natural-hazard risk. FEMA NRI documentation
$394M has been obligated to Baldwin County in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$387M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $11K followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $8M, or 2% of the total, was COVID-19, which every county in the country received. $91K appears in FEMA's county totals but is not tied to a single declaration in the obligation timing file, so it is left unattributed here rather than assigned to a type.
Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out.
Federal share obligated to this jurisdiction under FEMA Public Assistance since 2000, grouped by damage category. Figures are rounded to the nearest dollar and reflect obligations, which may change as projects close out.
| Category | Projects | Federal share obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Debris removal(A) | 255 | $197,103,705 |
| Utilities(F) | 104 | $71,519,355 |
| Parks and recreation(G) | 167 | $54,443,423 |
| Emergency protective measures(B) | 367 | $43,859,141 |
| Roads and bridges(C) | 154 | $13,829,251 |
| Management costs(Z) | 31 | $7,599,194 |
| Buildings and equipment(E) | 278 | $5,636,400 |
| Water control facilities(D) | 17 | $496,746 |
| All categories | 1,373 | $394,487,215 |
For each disaster, the wait from the declaration to the first federal obligation (amber), then the federal share obligating after that (teal), on a shared 8-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 127 days. An obligation is the federal share committed to the recipient state, not funds disbursed to the locality, which comes later and is not shown.
FEMA Individual Assistance to households in this jurisdiction, combined across the Housing Assistance owner and renter programs. Valid registrations are households that applied within a designated Individual Assistance area; approved counts and dollars are the households FEMA found eligible under the Individuals and Households Program. Figures are self-reported and drawn from NEMIS through OpenFEMA, not audited, and Individual Assistance exists only for disasters where it was designated, so many jurisdictions show none.
| Assistance type | Approved amount |
|---|---|
| Repair and replacement | $37,674,385 |
| Rental assistance | $14,531,405 |
| Other needs | $23,561,411 |
Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated to this jurisdiction to reduce future disaster losses, across the FEMA mitigation programs. This is the record of past mitigation investment a local hazard mitigation plan documents. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited, and are separate from the Public Assistance funding above.
| Program | Projects | Federal share obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP) | 72 | $45,140,736 |
| Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation(LPDM) | 1 | $5,000,000 |
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM) | 2 | $2,103,900 |
| Flood Mitigation Assistance(FMA) | 3 | $79,072 |
Emergency declarations issued by the governor of this state, which are separate from and usually precede a federal declaration. A declaration is listed here when NOAA Storm Events recorded reports of the matched hazard in this jurisdiction while the order was in effect. That is evidence of local impact during a declared state emergency. It is not a statement that the governor named this jurisdiction in the order, since most state declarations apply statewide and name no localities at all. Hazard categories come from the order text. Damage figures are NOAA storm report estimates for this jurisdiction only, not the cost of the declaration.
Archive coverage for Alabama: April 2017-present structured Governor archive; 2000-April 2017 gap disclosed
| Signed | Order | Declaration | Hazards reported here | Reported damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2021 | AL-SOE-2021-06-21-state-of-emergency-tropical-storm-claudette | State of Emergency: Tropical Storm Claudette | Flash Flood | Not reported |
| Sep 14, 2020 | AL-SOE-2020-09-14-state-of-emergency-tropical-storm-sally | State of Emergency: Tropical Storm Sally | Flash Flood | Not reported |
| Apr 12, 2020 | AL-SOE-2020-04-12-state-of-emergency-severe-weather | State of Emergency: Severe Weather | Thunderstorm Wind | Not reported |
| Sep 4, 2018 | AL-SOE-2018-09-04-state-of-emergency-tropical-storm-gordon | State of Emergency: Tropical Storm Gordon | Flash Flood, Flood | Not reported |
| Jun 29, 2018 | AL-SOE-2018-06-29-state-of-emergency-june-28-severe-weather-power-outages | State of Emergency: June 28 Severe Weather, Power Outages | Thunderstorm Wind | $5,000 |
| Oct 5, 2017 | AL-SOE-2017-10-05-state-of-emergency-tropical-storm-nate | State of Emergency: Tropical Storm Nate | Tornado | $5,000 |
| Jun 20, 2017 | AL-SOE-2017-06-20-state-of-emergency-tropical-storm-cindy | State of Emergency: Tropical Storm Cindy | Flash Flood, Tornado | Not reported |
Source: state executive order archives collected by DisasterData Plus, joined to NOAA Storm Events. See the Plus overview for per-state coverage and method.
Major disaster (DR). The big one. Opens the full toolbox: repair money for public infrastructure, help for households, and mitigation funding to reduce the next loss.
Emergency (EM). Narrower and usually faster, for protective work before or during an incident. Capped, and rarely brings household assistance. Nearly every county has one from COVID-19.
Fire management (FM). Cost sharing to fight a wildfire as it burns. Not a disaster declaration, and it does not open recovery programs.
The totals above count complete fiscal years only. This list also includes one declaration made since Oct 1, 2026 (FY2027); it is added to the totals after that year ends on Sep 30, 2027.
Showing 26 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2026 | EM-3656-AL | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Isaias |
| Sep 26, 2024 | EM-3618-AL | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Helene |
| Sep 20, 2020 | DR-4563-AL | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Sally |
| Sep 14, 2020 | EM-3545-AL | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Sally |
| Mar 29, 2020 | DR-4503-AL | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3472-AL | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Oct 12, 2018 | EM-3407-AL | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Michael |
| Nov 16, 2017 | DR-4349-AL | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Nate |
| Oct 8, 2017 | EM-3394-AL | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Nate |
| Sep 11, 2017 | EM-3389-AL | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Irma |
| May 2, 2014 | DR-4176-AL | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Sep 21, 2012 | DR-4082-AL | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Isaac |
| Apr 28, 2011 | DR-1971-AL | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Apr 27, 2011 | EM-3319-AL | EM | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Straight-Line Winds |
| Dec 22, 2009 | DR-1866-AL | DR | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Ida |
| Apr 28, 2009 | DR-1835-AL | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes & Straight-Line |
| Sep 26, 2008 | DR-1797-AL | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding Associated With Hurricane Ike |
| Sep 10, 2008 | DR-1789-AL | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Gustav |
| Aug 30, 2008 | EM-3292-AL | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Gustav |
| Sep 10, 2005 | EM-3237-AL | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| Aug 29, 2005 | DR-1605-AL | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina |
| Aug 28, 2005 | EM-3214-AL | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina |
| Jul 10, 2005 | DR-1593-AL | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Dennis |
| Sep 15, 2004 | DR-1549-AL | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Ivan |
| May 12, 2003 | DR-1466-AL | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Oct 9, 2002 | DR-1438-AL | DR | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Isidore |
Drawn from FEMA's OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, rebuilt each week. A declaration is counted here once for each designated area it names, so a single disaster covering many localities is counted in each one. For that reason these jurisdiction counts do not sum to Alabama's statewide total. This page counts declarations that named this jurisdiction as a designated area. Totals cover complete fiscal years (Oct 1 to Sep 30). Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in the tables on this page but are not counted in the totals until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.
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