Disaster Data / States / American Samoa / Western District
DistrictWestern District recorded 9 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 7 major disasters, 2 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is severe storm.
Highlighted: Western District, AS
Totals: FY2000–FY2025 · Page last rebuilt Sep 12, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
The federal disaster record for Western District runs between 2003 and 2020, covering 9 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, typhoon, and hurricane.
Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.
The NRI combines expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience to describe relative natural-hazard risk. FEMA NRI documentation
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 | $26,069,954 |
| Rental assistance | $2,330,971 |
| Other needs | $23,069,922 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM) | 1 | $57,699 |
Every local hazard mitigation plan must document previous occurrences of each hazard. Here is that record for Western District, sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.
| Hazard | Date | FEMA declaration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biological | Apr 17, 2020 | DR-4537-AS | DR |
| Biological | Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3465-AS | EM |
| Hurricane | Mar 2, 2018 | DR-4357-AS | DR |
| Hurricane | Feb 11, 2018 | EM-3397-AS | EM |
| Severe Storm | Sep 10, 2014 | DR-4192-AS | DR |
| Earthquake | Sep 29, 2009 | DR-1859-AS | DR |
| Typhoon | Feb 18, 2005 | DR-1582-AS | DR |
| Typhoon | Jan 13, 2004 | DR-1506-AS | DR |
| Severe Storm | Jun 6, 2003 | DR-1473-AS | DR |
DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance
Showing 9 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 American Samoa'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); the in-progress year may appear in the most-recent list but is not counted in the totals. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.
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