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Alpine County, California

Alpine County recorded 9 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 5 major disasters, 4 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is flood.

Highlighted: Alpine County, CA

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

9
Declarations since FY2000
5
Major disasters (DR)
4
Emergencies (EM)
0
Fire management (FM)
Apr 2023
Most recent
$1.4M
Federal PA obligated (top: roads and bridges)

The federal disaster record for Alpine County runs between 2005 and 2023, covering 9 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides in 2023. The hazards behind these declarations were most often flood, severe storm, and biological. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $1.4 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for roads and bridges.

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 06003
CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI
40.4
overall percentile nationally

Approximately 40.4% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status14.3
Household characteristics64.0
Racial and ethnic minority status80.1
Housing type and transportation53.5

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

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025
10.6
overall risk score
Very Low
Expected annual loss$4.8MVery Low
NRI social vulnerability44.1Relatively Moderate
Community resilience53.9Relatively Moderate

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 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)35$1,015,359
Emergency protective measures(B)5$217,473
Utilities(F)4$73,869
Buildings and equipment(E)6$62,448
Debris removal(A)3$46,998
Management costs(Z)2$4,942
Parks and recreation(G)2$3,488
All categories57$1,424,577

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 10-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 187 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 Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides 2023$72K
577 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides 2023$660K
227 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides 2017$204K
187 days to first federal obligation
DR-4301 2017$241K
178 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, And Landslides 2006$248K
82 days to first federal obligation
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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.

1
valid registration
0
households approved
$0
total IHP approved

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.

$239,252
federal mitigation share
2
funded projects
1
property mitigated
ProgramProjectsFederal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)1$203,252
Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM)1$36,000

Most common hazards

Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan

Every local hazard mitigation plan must document previous occurrences of each hazard. Here is that record for Alpine County, sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.

HazardDateFEMA declarationType
Severe StormApr 3, 2023DR-4699-CADR
FloodMar 10, 2023EM-3592-CAEM
FloodJan 14, 2023DR-4683-CADR
FireSep 1, 2021EM-3571-CAEM
BiologicalMar 22, 2020DR-4482-CADR
BiologicalMar 13, 2020EM-3428-CAEM
FloodApr 1, 2017DR-4308-CADR
Severe StormFeb 3, 2006DR-1628-CADR
HurricaneSep 13, 2005EM-3248-CAEM

Every declaration on record

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

Showing 9 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Apr 3, 2023DR-4699-CADRSevere StormSevere Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Mar 10, 2023EM-3592-CAEMFloodSevere Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Jan 14, 2023DR-4683-CADRFloodSevere Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Sep 1, 2021EM-3571-CAEMFireCaldor Fire
Mar 22, 2020DR-4482-CADRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3428-CAEMBiologicalCovid-19
Apr 1, 2017DR-4308-CADRFloodSevere Winter Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides
Feb 3, 2006DR-1628-CADRSevere StormSevere Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, And Landslides
Sep 13, 2005EM-3248-CAEMHurricaneHurricane Katrina Evacuation
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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 California'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); the 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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