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Arkansas: Federal Disaster Declarations
Arkansas has recorded 41 major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 8 emergency declarations and 2 fire management declarations, 51 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm. It ranks #16 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
Past 12 months
Recent declarations and aid so far
Arkansas has had 3 federal declarations in the past 12 months. The figures are what FEMA has reported to date and grow as recovery continues. All of them fall in complete fiscal years and are counted in the totals above.
| Declaration | Declared | Households approved | Individual Assistance | Public Assistance obligated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FM-5676-ARFire management · Fire | Sep 15, 2026 | Not applicable | Not applicable | None reported yet |
| FM-5673-ARFire management · Fire | Aug 21, 2026Incident period Aug 21 to 26, 2026 | Not applicable | Not applicable | None reported yet |
| EM-3636-AREmergency · Winter Storm | Jan 24, 2026Incident period Jan 23 to 27, 2026 | None reported | None reported | None reported yet |
Individual Assistance is FEMA's Individuals and Households Program, from OpenFEMA's Housing Assistance data for owners and renters. Public Assistance is the obligated federal share from OpenFEMA's grant award activity, which usually starts posting weeks to months after a declaration. Select a declaration number to open its full event profile.
Federal Public Assistance obligated
$1.3B has been obligated to Arkansas in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$981M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $45M followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $247M, or 19% 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 28
- Severe Ice Storm 6
- Flood 4
- Tornado 4
- Hurricane 3
- Fire 2
- Winter Storm 2
- Biological 2
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 51 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | FM-5676-AR | FM | Fire | Bunker Fire |
| Aug 21, 2026 | FM-5673-AR | FM | Fire | Pine Tree Road Fire |
| Jan 24, 2026 | EM-3636-AR | EM | Winter Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| 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.
| Assistance type | Approved amount |
|---|---|
| Repair and replacement | $71M |
| Rental assistance | $18M |
| 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.
| 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 12.1%. 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 |
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.