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American Samoa: Federal Disaster Declarations
American Samoa has recorded 8 major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 2 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 10 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm. It ranks #56 nationally by major disasters.
Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 25, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
Federal Public Assistance obligated
$102M has been obligated to American Samoa in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$101M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $1M, or 1% of the total, was COVID-19, which every state and county in the country received.
Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out. Totals are summed from funded localities, so a declaration administered entirely at state level may not appear here.
Most common hazards
- Severe Storm 3
- Biological 2
- Hurricane 2
- Typhoon 2
- Earthquake 1
All declarations on record
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 state and 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.
DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance
Showing 10 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2022 | DR-4669-AS | DR | Severe Storm | High Surf, High Winds, And Flooding |
| Apr 17, 2020 | DR-4537-AS | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3465-AS | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Mar 2, 2018 | DR-4357-AS | DR | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Gita |
| Feb 11, 2018 | EM-3397-AS | EM | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Gita |
| Sep 10, 2014 | DR-4192-AS | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, And Landslides |
| Sep 29, 2009 | DR-1859-AS | DR | Earthquake | Earthquake,Tsunami, And Flooding |
| Feb 18, 2005 | DR-1582-AS | DR | Typhoon | Tc Olaf, Includ. High Winds And Surf And Heavy Rainfall |
| Jan 13, 2004 | DR-1506-AS | DR | Typhoon | High Winds, High Surf, And Heavy Rainfall Associated With Tropcial Cyclone Heta |
| Jun 6, 2003 | DR-1473-AS | DR | Severe Storm | Heavy Rainfall, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides |
Individual Assistance to households
FEMA Individual Assistance to households across American Samoa, combined across the Housing Assistance owner and renter programs. Valid registrations are households that applied within a designated Individual Assistance area; approved figures are those FEMA found eligible under the Individuals and Households Program. Self-reported, drawn from NEMIS through OpenFEMA, and present only where Individual Assistance was designated.
| Assistance type | Approved amount |
|---|---|
| Repair and replacement | $39M |
| Rental assistance | $5M |
| Other needs | $32M |
Hazard mitigation funded
Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated across American Samoa to reduce future disaster losses, by program. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited.
| Program | Projects | Federal share obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) | 40 | $21M |
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) | 1 | $58K |
Denied requests
No declaration requests from American Samoa were turned down in complete fiscal years through FY2026.
Declarations not attributed to a specific locality
1 declaration in American Samoa applied statewide, or to areas FEMA did not tie to a single county or equivalent, such as wildfire management zones. They are included in the state totals above but do not appear on any individual jurisdiction page.
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2022 | DR-4669-AS | DR | Severe Storm | High Surf, High Winds, And Flooding |
How these numbers are built
Every figure is drawn from FEMA's OpenFEMA datasets: the Disaster Declarations Summaries for declarations and the Declaration Denials dataset for turndowns, rebuilt automatically each week. A "declaration" is one unique combination of declaration type (DR / EM / FM), disaster number, and state, so a single disaster affecting five states counts as five declarations. Years are federal fiscal years (Oct 1 to Sep 30). Totals, ranks, and rates on this page cover complete fiscal years only. Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in each state's declaration tables and its recent-declarations panel, but are not counted in any total until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.