Arkansas: Federal Disaster Declarations

Name: Arkansas FEMA disaster declarations (FY2000 to FY2025)
Creator: Disaster Data

Arkansas has recorded 48 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 41 major disasters, 7 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is severe storm. It ranks #25 nationally by total declarations.

Totals: FY2000–FY2025 · Page last rebuilt Sep 12, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals

Declarations since FY2000

Major disasters (DR)

Emergencies (EM)

Fire management (FM)

Declaration requests denied

12.7%

Declaration-request denial rate

#25

National rank by declarations

31.2

Avg days to a decision

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Most common hazards

Severe Storm 28
Severe Ice Storm 6
Flood 4
Tornado 4
Hurricane 3
Biological 2
Winter Storm 1

All declarations on record

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

Showing 48 declarations

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
May 21, 2025	DR-4873-AR	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
May 8, 2025	DR-4865-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Tornadoes
Apr 5, 2025	EM-3627-AR	EM	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
May 30, 2024	DR-4788-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Nov 14, 2023	DR-4748-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Tornadoes
Apr 4, 2023	DR-4700-AR	DR	Winter Storm	Severe Winter Storm
Apr 2, 2023	DR-4698-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Tornadoes
Dec 23, 2021	DR-4633-AR	DR	Tornado	Severe Storms And Tornadoes
Aug 27, 2020	EM-3541-AR	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Laura
Jul 10, 2020	DR-4556-AR	DR	Tornado	Severe Storms And Straight-Line Winds
May 8, 2020	DR-4544-AR	DR	Tornado	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Straight-Line Winds
Apr 3, 2020	DR-4518-AR	DR	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3461-AR	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Sep 13, 2019	DR-4460-AR	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Jun 8, 2019	DR-4441-AR	DR	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding
May 30, 2019	EM-3414-AR	EM	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding
Jun 15, 2017	DR-4318-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
May 6, 2016	DR-4270-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Feb 5, 2016	DR-4254-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Jun 26, 2015	DR-4226-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Apr 29, 2014	DR-4174-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms,Tornadoes, And Flooding
Jan 6, 2014	DR-4160-AR	DR	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storm
Sep 4, 2013	DR-4143-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Jun 25, 2013	DR-4124-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Jan 29, 2013	DR-4100-AR	DR	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storm
Jul 8, 2011	DR-4000-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
May 2, 2011	DR-1975-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Associated Flooding
Feb 4, 2010	DR-1872-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Dec 3, 2009	DR-1861-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Jun 16, 2009	DR-1845-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Apr 27, 2009	DR-1834-AR	DR	Tornado	Severe Storms And Tornadoes
Feb 6, 2009	DR-1819-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storm
Jan 28, 2009	EM-3301-AR	EM	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storm
Oct 22, 2008	DR-1804-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Tropical Storm Ike
Sep 18, 2008	DR-1793-AR	DR	Hurricane	Severe Storms And Flooding Associated With Hurricane Gustav
May 20, 2008	DR-1758-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes
Mar 26, 2008	DR-1751-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Feb 7, 2008	DR-1744-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Apr 12, 2006	DR-1636-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Tornadoes
Sep 2, 2005	EM-3215-AR	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation
Jun 30, 2004	DR-1528-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
May 7, 2004	DR-1516-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Sever Storms, Flooding And Landslides
Jun 6, 2003	DR-1472-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Jan 6, 2003	DR-1450-AR	DR	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Ice Storm
Jan 24, 2002	DR-1400-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Mar 13, 2001	DR-1363-AR	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Dec 29, 2000	DR-1354-AR	DR	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Ice Storm
Dec 28, 2000	EM-3159-AR	EM	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Ice Storm

Individual Assistance to households

FEMA Individual Assistance to households across Arkansas, 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.

69,822

Valid registrations

30,939

Households approved

$155M

Total IHP approved

Assistance type	Approved amount
Repair and replacement	$71M
Rental assistance	$17M
Other needs	$66M

Hazard mitigation funded

Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated across Arkansas to reduce future disaster losses, by program. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited.

$174M

Federal mitigation share

475

Projects funded

3,343

Properties mitigated

Program	Projects	Federal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)	357	$124M
Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM)	70	$27M
Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation (LPDM)	5	$9M
Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)	36	$9M
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)	4	$4M
Repetitive Flood Claims (RFC)	3	$541K

Denied requests

FEMA turned down 7 declaration requests from Arkansas since FY2000, a declaration-request denial rate of 12.7%. This is the President denying a governor or tribal leader's request for a declaration, tracked in a separate FEMA dataset from approved declarations, and is not the same thing as an individual being denied assistance under an approved declaration.

Date	Type	Hazard
Dec 3, 2019	Major Disaster	Tornado
Sep 12, 2019	Major Disaster	Coastal Storm
May 10, 2010	Major Disaster	Severe Storm
Feb 26, 2008	Emergency	Fire
Feb 27, 2007	Emergency	Severe Storm
Mar 2, 2001	Major Disaster	Tornado
Sep 8, 2000	Emergency	Fire

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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.