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Solano County, California

Solano County recorded 9 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 3 emergency declarations and 4 fire management declarations, 16 in all. Its most common hazard is fire.

Highlighted: Solano County, CA

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

9
Major disasters
3
Emergency declarations
4
Fire management grants
16
All declarations on record
Apr 2023
Most recent
$33.6M
Federal PA obligated (top: emergency protective measures)

The federal disaster record for Solano County runs between 2005 and 2023, covering 16 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 fire, severe storm, and flood. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $33.6 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 06095
CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI
62.0
overall percentile nationally

Approximately 62.0% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status45.0
Household characteristics51.9
Racial and ethnic minority status94.2
Housing type and transportation67.9

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

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025
97.0
overall risk score
Relatively High
Expected annual loss$292.1MRelatively High
NRI social vulnerability25.2Relatively Low
Community resilience71.8Relatively High

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

$34M has been obligated to Solano County in Public Assistance since FY2000.

$20M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $13M, or 39% 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.

CategoryProjectsFederal share obligated
Emergency protective measures(B)138$17,557,025
Debris removal(A)48$3,665,176
Parks and recreation(G)40$3,078,885
Roads and bridges(C)75$2,757,828
Water control facilities(D)61$2,487,403
Buildings and equipment(E)53$2,464,808
Utilities(F)28$933,415
Management costs(Z)15$625,002
All categories458$33,569,542

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 196 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$1.5M
364 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides 2023$983K
226 days to first federal obligation
Wildfires 2020$4.0M
194 days to first federal obligation
Covid-19 Pandemic 2020$13.1M
157 days to first federal obligation
Wildfires 2017$823K
199 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides 2017$831K
79 days to first federal obligation
Declared1 yr2 yr3 yr4 yr5 yr6 yr7 yr8 yr9 yr10 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.

4,250
valid registrations
1,758
households approved
$5,876,923
total IHP approved
Assistance typeApproved amount
Repair and replacement$2,465,732
Rental assistance$789,639
Other needs$2,607,106

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.

$24,280,065
federal mitigation share
18
funded projects
36
properties mitigated
ProgramProjectsFederal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)16$24,171,329
Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM)1$87,161
Flood Mitigation Assistance(FMA)1$21,575

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.

1
state declarations with local storm evidence
47
statewide on record

Archive coverage for California: 2019-present current Governor publication archive; 2000-2018 not exposed

SignedOrderDeclarationHazards reported hereReported damage
Feb 4, 2024Proclamation 79675Governor Newsom Proclaims State of Emergency in Southern California As Powerful Storm Makes LandfallFloodNot reported

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 16 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Apr 3, 2023DR-4699-CADRSevere StormSevere Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Jan 14, 2023DR-4683-CADRFloodSevere Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Jan 9, 2023EM-3591-CAEMFloodSevere Winter Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides
Aug 22, 2020DR-4558-CADRFireWildfires
Aug 18, 2020FM-5331-CAFMFireLnu Lightning Fire Complex
Mar 22, 2020DR-4482-CADRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3428-CAEMBiologicalCovid-19
Oct 10, 2017DR-4344-CADRFireWildfires
Oct 9, 2017FM-5214-CAFMFireAtlas Fire
Apr 1, 2017DR-4308-CADRFloodSevere Winter Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides
Feb 14, 2017DR-4301-CADRSevere StormSevere Winter Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides
Jul 23, 2015FM-5091-CAFMFireWragg Fire
Sep 11, 2014DR-4193-CADREarthquakeEarthquake
Jun 22, 2008FM-2776-CAFMFireWild Fire
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). 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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