Pima County recorded 3 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 2 emergency declarations and 2 fire management declarations, 7 in all. Its most common hazard is fire.
Highlighted: Pima County, AZ
Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 26, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
3
Major disasters
2
Emergency declarations
2
Fire management grants
7
All declarations on record
Jun 2020
Most recent
$31.8M
Federal PA obligated (top: emergency protective measures)
The federal disaster record for Pima County runs between 2003 and 2020, covering 7 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020. The hazards behind these declarations were most often fire, biological, and severe storm. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $31.8 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for emergency protective measures.
Risk and vulnerability context
Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.
County FIPS 04019
CDC / ATSDR
Social Vulnerability Index
2022 county-level SVI
88.8
overall percentile nationally
Approximately 88.8% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.
Socioeconomic status74.9
Household characteristics73.6
Racial and ethnic minority status87.1
Housing type and transportation96.6
Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation
FEMA
National Risk Index
December 2025
99.1
overall risk score
Relatively High
Expected annual loss$531.4MRelatively High
NRI social vulnerability50.9Relatively Moderate
Community resilience20.3Relatively Low
The NRI combines expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience to describe relative natural-hazard risk. FEMA NRI documentation
About these measures: CDC Social Vulnerability Index and FEMA National Risk Index Social Vulnerability are separate measures built with different methods. They are shown side by side for context and should not be interpreted as equivalent scores.
Federal Public Assistance obligated
$32M has been obligated to Pima County in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$12M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $818K followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $19M, or 59% of the total, was COVID-19, which every county in the country received.
Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out.
Federal Public Assistance by category
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
Emergency protective measures(B)
89
$20,800,308
Water control facilities(D)
17
$4,000,858
Utilities(F)
8
$3,498,342
Debris removal(A)
16
$1,937,196
Roads and bridges(C)
24
$1,076,359
Buildings and equipment(E)
6
$261,202
Parks and recreation(G)
11
$251,409
All categories
171
$31,825,674
Recovery funding, how fast it came
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 14-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 47 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.
1,705
valid registrations
1,406
households approved
$5,905,441
total IHP approved
Assistance type
Approved amount
Other needs
$5,905,441
Hazard mitigation, what has been funded here
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.
$12,295,620
federal mitigation share
14
funded projects
63
properties mitigated
Program
Projects
Federal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)
11
$9,028,072
Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM)
3
$3,267,547
State declarations (governor)
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.
23
state declarations with local storm evidence
59
statewide on record
Archive coverage for Arizona: 2023-present declarations from the Governor's news releases (dated by release) and executive orders; 2000-2022 gap disclosed
Source: state executive order archives collected by DisasterData Plus, joined to NOAA Storm Events. See the Plus overview for per-state coverage and method.
Most common hazards
Fire 3
Biological 2
Severe Storm 1
Hurricane 1
Every declaration 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 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.
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 Arizona'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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