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Conway County, Arkansas

Conway County recorded 15 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 7 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 22 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm.

Highlighted: Conway County, AR

Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 26, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals

15
Major disasters
7
Emergency declarations
0
Fire management grants
22
All declarations on record
Jan 2026
Most recent
$4.9M
Federal PA obligated (top: roads and bridges)

The federal disaster record for Conway County runs between 2000 and 2026, covering 22 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, hurricane, and severe ice storm. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $4.9 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for roads and bridges.

Past 12 months

Recent declarations and aid so far

Conway County has been named in 1 federal declaration in the past 12 months. The figures are what FEMA has reported for Conway County to date and grow as recovery continues. It falls in a complete fiscal year and is counted in the totals above.

DeclarationDeclaredHouseholds approvedIndividual AssistancePublic Assistance obligated
EM-3636-AREmergency · Winter StormJan 24, 2026Incident period Jan 23 to 27, 2026None reportedNone reportedNone 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, with the same figures for every place it covers.

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 05029
CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI
74.6
overall percentile nationally

Approximately 74.6% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status68.8
Household characteristics96.3
Racial and ethnic minority status52.2
Housing type and transportation42.7

Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025
56.6
overall risk score
Relatively Low
Expected annual loss$13.4MVery Low
NRI social vulnerability83.0Very High
Community resilience37.5Relatively 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

$5M has been obligated to Conway County in Public Assistance since FY2000.

$5M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $11K followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only.

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.

CategoryProjectsFederal share obligated
Roads and bridges(C)316$3,377,295
Emergency protective measures(B)28$614,292
Debris removal(A)14$589,938
Buildings and equipment(E)11$137,579
Utilities(F)8$93,071
Parks and recreation(G)1$39,733
Management costs(Z)2$36,319
Water control facilities(D)2$9,573
All categories382$4,897,800

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 2-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 80 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.

Severe Storms And Flooding 2019$606K
161 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding 2017$329K
154 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Associated Flooding 2011$125K
91 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding 2009$695K
70 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding 2009$347K
59 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms And Flooding Associated With Hurricane Gustav 2008$156K
55 days to first federal obligation
Declared1 yr2 yr

Assistance to households (Individual Assistance)

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.

307
valid registrations
120
households approved
$812,931
total IHP approved
Assistance typeApproved amount
Repair and replacement$560,058
Rental assistance$53,379
Other needs$198,936

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.

$1,266,320
federal mitigation share
6
funded projects
3
properties mitigated
ProgramProjectsFederal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)6$1,266,320

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.

10
state declarations with local storm evidence
36
statewide on record

Archive coverage for Arkansas: 2023-present structured current-Governor archive; 2000-2022 gap disclosed

SignedOrderDeclarationHazards reported hereReported damage
Sep 18, 2026POST-5133Sanders Declares Disaster Area From Severe Storms and Flooding on or About May 28, 2026Flash FloodNot reported
Apr 2, 2025EO 25-07EO 25-07: EXECUTIVE ORDER TO PROVIDE FUNDING, AS AUTHORIZED BY ARK. CODE ANN. §§ 12-75-114, AS AMENDED, FROM THE GOVERNOR’S DISASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY FUNDFlood, Thunderstorm WindNot reported
Jun 10, 2024DR 24-05Garland County disaster for storms and tornadoesThunderstorm WindNot reported
Jun 26, 2023AR-SOE-2023-06-26Statewide state of emergency for the June 25 thunderstorms and high windsHail, Thunderstorm WindNot reported
Jun 20, 2023AR-SOE-2023-06-20State of emergency for weekend storms including an EF-2 tornado in Logan CountyLightning$200,000
May 24, 2019AR-SOE-2019-05-24Statewide state of emergency ahead of Arkansas River floodingFlood$1,500,000
Mar 9, 2018AR-SOE-2018-03-09Disaster for 14 counties for storms, flooding and tornadoesHailNot reported
May 11, 2015AR-SOE-2015-05-11Disaster for Franklin, Garland, Howard, Izard, Johnson, Montgomery, Newton, Pike, Pope and Searcy counties for storms, flooding and tornadoesFlood, HailNot reported
Apr 28, 2014AR-SOE-2014-04-28State disaster for Faulkner, Pulaski and White counties after the Vilonia and Mayflower tornadoHailNot reported
Apr 30, 2011AR-SOE-2011-04-30Disaster declaration for 57 counties for storms, tornadoes and floodingFlood, Hail, Heavy Rain, Thunderstorm Wind, Tornado$6,617,000

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

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.

Showing 22 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Jan 24, 2026EM-3636-AREMWinter StormSevere Winter Storm
Apr 5, 2025EM-3627-AREMSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Aug 27, 2020EM-3541-AREMHurricaneHurricane Laura
Apr 3, 2020DR-4518-ARDRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3461-AREMBiologicalCovid-19
Jun 8, 2019DR-4441-ARDRFloodSevere Storms And Flooding
May 30, 2019EM-3414-AREMFloodSevere Storms And Flooding
Jun 15, 2017DR-4318-ARDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
May 2, 2011DR-1975-ARDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, And Associated Flooding
Dec 3, 2009DR-1861-ARDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Jun 16, 2009DR-1845-ARDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Feb 6, 2009DR-1819-ARDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm
Jan 28, 2009EM-3301-AREMSevere Ice StormSevere Winter Storm
Sep 18, 2008DR-1793-ARDRHurricaneSevere Storms And Flooding Associated With Hurricane Gustav
May 20, 2008DR-1758-ARDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes
Mar 26, 2008DR-1751-ARDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Feb 7, 2008DR-1744-ARDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Apr 12, 2006DR-1636-ARDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Tornadoes
Sep 2, 2005EM-3215-AREMHurricaneHurricane Katrina Evacuation
Jun 6, 2003DR-1472-ARDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Mar 13, 2001DR-1363-ARDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Dec 29, 2000DR-1354-ARDRSevere Ice StormSevere Winter Ice Storm
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How these numbers are built

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 Arkansas'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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