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Arizona: Federal Disaster Declarations

Arizona has recorded 89 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 23 major disasters, 3 emergencies, and 63 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is fire. It ranks #8 nationally by total declarations.

89
Declarations since FY2000
23
Major disasters (DR)
3
Emergencies (EM)
63
Fire management (FM)
7
Requests denied
7.3%
Denial rate
#8
National rank by declarations
24.3
Avg days to a decision

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Most common hazards

All declarations on record

DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance

Showing 89 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
May 22, 2025FM-5585-AZFMFireCody Fire
May 14, 2025FM-5584-AZFMFireGreer Fire
Oct 25, 2024DR-4840-AZDRFloodFlooding
Oct 4, 2024DR-4833-AZDRFireWatch Fire
Jul 13, 2024FM-5508-AZFMFireWatch Fire
Jul 9, 2024FM-5505-AZFMFireShake Fire
Jun 28, 2024FM-5501-AZFMFireBoulder View Fire
Jun 12, 2024FM-5496-AZFMFireRose Fire
May 29, 2024FM-5493-AZFMFireSimmons Fire
Jun 28, 2023FM-5466-AZFMFireDiamond Fire
Apr 11, 2023DR-4703-AZDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storms And Flooding
Dec 30, 2022DR-4681-AZDRFloodFlooding
Sep 2, 2022DR-4668-AZDRSevere StormSevere Storms
Jun 12, 2022FM-5441-AZFMFirePipeline Fire
Apr 19, 2022FM-5434-AZFMFireTunnel 2 Fire
Apr 19, 2022FM-5435-AZFMFireCrooks Fire
Sep 13, 2021DR-4620-AZDRFloodSevere Storms And Flooding
Jun 6, 2021FM-5389-AZFMFireTelegraph Fire
May 27, 2021FM-5387-AZFMFireSpur Fire
Apr 8, 2021FM-5385-AZFMFireMargo Fire
Feb 2, 2021DR-4582-AZDRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Aug 26, 2020FM-5340-AZFMFireGriffin Fire
Jun 27, 2020FM-5315-AZFMFireAvondale Fire
Jun 23, 2020FM-5314-AZFMFireAquila Fire
Jun 20, 2020FM-5313-AZFMFireBush Fire
Jun 11, 2020FM-5312-AZFMFireBig Horn Fire
May 30, 2020FM-5311-AZFMFireOcotillo Fire
May 18, 2020FM-5310-AZFMFireEast Desert Fire
Apr 4, 2020DR-4524-AZDRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3442-AZEMBiologicalCovid-19
Jul 22, 2019FM-5284-AZFMFireMuseum Fire
May 21, 2019DR-4436-AZDRSevere StormSnowstorm And Flooding
Nov 30, 2018DR-4409-AZDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Aug 31, 2018DR-4389-AZDRFloodSevere Storms, Flooding, And Landslides
May 11, 2018FM-5238-AZFMFire89 East Fire
Apr 29, 2018FM-5236-AZFMFireTinder Fire
Jul 8, 2017FM-5188-AZFMFireRoach Fire
Jun 25, 2017FM-5186-AZFMFireGoodwin Fire
Jun 11, 2017FM-5183-AZFMFireLizard Fire
Jun 8, 2016FM-5125-AZFMFireTenderfoot Fire
Aug 9, 2015FM-5095-AZFMFireWillow Fire
Jun 17, 2015FM-5086-AZFMFireKearny River Fire
Nov 6, 2014FM-5083-AZFMFireSlide Fire
Nov 5, 2014DR-4203-AZDRFloodSevere Storms And Flooding
Jul 2, 2013FM-5033-AZFMFireDean Peak Fire
Jun 30, 2013FM-5032-AZFMFireYarnell Hill Fire
Jun 19, 2013FM-5029-AZFMFireDoce Fire
Mar 5, 2013DR-4104-AZDRFreezingSevere Freeze
Jun 12, 2011FM-2919-AZFMFireMonument Fire
Jun 2, 2011FM-2915-AZFMFireWallow Fire
May 9, 2011FM-2907-AZFMFireHorseshoe Two Fire
Dec 21, 2010DR-1950-AZDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Oct 4, 2010DR-1940-AZDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Jun 20, 2010FM-2846-AZFMFireShultz Fire
Jun 19, 2010FM-2845-AZFMFireHardy Fire
Mar 18, 2010DR-1888-AZDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storms And Flooding
Jan 24, 2010EM-3307-AZEMSevere StormSevere Winter Storm
Oct 3, 2009FM-2840-AZFMFireTwin Fire
Aug 31, 2009FM-2835-AZFMFireWater Wheel Fire
May 18, 2009FM-2821-AZFMFireMule Pass Fire
Jun 29, 2008FM-2779-AZFMFireLane 2 Fire
Sep 7, 2006DR-1660-AZDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Jun 18, 2006FM-2645-AZFMFireBrins Fire
Jun 14, 2006FM-2643-AZFMFireWoody Fire
Jun 13, 2006FM-2642-AZFMFirePotato Fire
Jun 2, 2006FM-2640-AZFMFireLa Barranca Fire
Sep 12, 2005EM-3241-AZEMHurricaneHurricane Katrina Evacuation
Jul 22, 2005FM-2570-AZFMFireAz-Wildfire (Edge Complex) 07-22-2005
Jun 23, 2005FM-2562-AZFMFireAz-Humbug Fire 06-23--2005
Jun 22, 2005FM-2561-AZFMFireCave Creek Fire Complex
Jun 12, 2005FM-2560-AZFMFireAz-Hulet Fire-06-11-2005
Jun 8, 2005FM-2559-AZFMFireAz-Bobby Fire-06-08-2005
May 26, 2005FM-2558-AZFMFireVekol Fire-05-26-2005
Apr 14, 2005DR-1586-AZDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Feb 17, 2005DR-1581-AZDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Jun 28, 2004FM-2523-AZFMFireWillow Fire
Jun 9, 2004FM-2520-AZFMFireThree Forks Fire
Jul 14, 2003FM-2478-AZFMFireKinishba Fire
Jul 14, 2003DR-1477-AZDRFireAspen Fire
Jun 21, 2003FM-2471-AZFMFireAsh Fire
Jun 18, 2003FM-2470-AZFMFireAspen Fire
Jul 14, 2002FM-2439-AZFMFireAz - Oracle Hills Fire - 07/14/2002
Jun 25, 2002DR-1422-AZDRFireWildfires
Jun 21, 2002FM-2430-AZFMFireAz - Chediski Farms Fire - 06/21/2002
Jun 19, 2002FM-2429-AZFMFireRodeo Fire
May 15, 2002FM-2406-AZFMFireAz - Indian Fire - 5/15/2002
Apr 30, 2002FM-2400-AZFMFireAz-Ryan-Wildfire-4/30/2002
Oct 27, 2000DR-1347-AZDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Oct 15, 1999DR-1304-AZDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Flooding, High Winds

Denied requests

FEMA turned down 7 declaration requests from Arizona since FY2000, a denial rate of 7.3%. Denials are tracked in a separate FEMA dataset from approved declarations.

DateTypeHazard
Oct 2, 2015EmergencyChemical
Oct 10, 2013Major DisasterFlood
Jul 12, 2013Major DisasterFire
May 3, 2013Major DisasterOther
Oct 6, 2008Major DisasterFlood
Jun 12, 2003EmergencyFire
Aug 6, 2002Major DisasterOther
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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 on this page cover complete fiscal years only; the current 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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