Colorado: Federal Disaster Declarations

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

Colorado has recorded 86 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 12 major disasters, 6 emergencies, and 68 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is fire. It ranks #9 nationally by total declarations.

Declarations since FY2000

Major disasters (DR)

Emergencies (EM)

Fire management (FM)

Requests denied

2.3%

Denial rate

National rank by declarations

8.1

Avg days to a decision

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Most common hazards

Fire 74
Flood 4
Snowstorm 3
Biological 2
Severe Storm 2
Coastal Storm 1

All declarations on record

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

Showing 86 declarations

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
Aug 11, 2025	FM-5606-CO	FM	Fire	Oak Fire
Aug 6, 2025	FM-5603-CO	FM	Fire	Lee Fire
Aug 6, 2025	FM-5604-CO	FM	Fire	Elk Fire
Aug 1, 2024	FM-5526-CO	FM	Fire	Quarry Fire
Jul 31, 2024	FM-5525-CO	FM	Fire	Stone Mountain Fire
Jul 31, 2024	FM-5524-CO	FM	Fire	Alexander Mountain Fire
Aug 25, 2023	DR-4731-CO	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes
Dec 31, 2021	DR-4634-CO	DR	Fire	Wildfires And Straight-Line Winds
Dec 30, 2021	FM-5423-CO	FM	Fire	Marshall Fire
Jan 15, 2021	DR-4581-CO	DR	Fire	Wildfires
Oct 17, 2020	FM-5378-CO	FM	Fire	East Troublesome Fire
Oct 17, 2020	FM-5379-CO	FM	Fire	Calwood Fire
Sep 6, 2020	FM-5349-CO	FM	Fire	Cameron Peak Fire
Aug 19, 2020	FM-5335-CO	FM	Fire	Pine Gulch Fire
Aug 19, 2020	FM-5334-CO	FM	Fire	Grizzly Creek Fire
Mar 28, 2020	DR-4498-CO	DR	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3436-CO	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Jul 4, 2018	FM-5249-CO	FM	Fire	Lake Christine Fire
Jun 30, 2018	FM-5247-CO	FM	Fire	Chateau Fire
Jun 28, 2018	FM-5246-CO	FM	Fire	Spring Creek Fire
Oct 17, 2016	FM-5157-CO	FM	Fire	Junkins Fire
Oct 4, 2016	FM-5155-CO	FM	Fire	Beulah Hill Fire
Jul 10, 2016	FM-5133-CO	FM	Fire	Cold Springs Fire
Jul 16, 2015	DR-4229-CO	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Sep 14, 2013	DR-4145-CO	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Sep 12, 2013	EM-3365-CO	EM	Flood	Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Jul 26, 2013	DR-4134-CO	DR	Fire	Black Forest Wildfire
Jul 26, 2013	DR-4133-CO	DR	Fire	Royal Gorge Fire
Jun 21, 2013	FM-5031-CO	FM	Fire	West Fork Fire Complex
Jun 21, 2013	FM-5030-CO	FM	Fire	East Peak Fire
Jun 11, 2013	FM-5028-CO	FM	Fire	Royal Gorge Fire
Jun 11, 2013	FM-5027-CO	FM	Fire	Black Forest Fire
Oct 23, 2012	FM-5022-CO	FM	Fire	Wetmore Fire
Jun 28, 2012	DR-4067-CO	DR	Fire	High Park And Waldo Canyon Wildfires
Jun 24, 2012	FM-2984-CO	FM	Fire	Waldo Canyon Fire
Jun 24, 2012	FM-2985-CO	FM	Fire	Weber Fire
Jun 9, 2012	FM-2980-CO	FM	Fire	High Park Fire
Mar 26, 2012	FM-2975-CO	FM	Fire	Lower North Fork Fire
Jun 16, 2011	FM-2923-CO	FM	Fire	Duckett Fire
Apr 3, 2011	FM-2877-CO	FM	Fire	Crystal Fire
Mar 21, 2011	FM-2873-CO	FM	Fire	Indian Gulch Fire
Sep 12, 2010	FM-2857-CO	FM	Fire	Reservoir Road Fire
Sep 6, 2010	FM-2855-CO	FM	Fire	Four Mile Canyon Fire
Jan 7, 2009	FM-2793-CO	FM	Fire	Olde Stage Fire
Jun 27, 2008	FM-2778-CO	FM	Fire	Nash Ranch Fire
May 26, 2008	DR-1762-CO	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Tornadoes
Apr 15, 2008	FM-2760-CO	FM	Fire	Ordway Fire
Jun 19, 2007	FM-2698-CO	FM	Fire	Newcastle Fire
Jan 7, 2007	EM-3271-CO	EM	Snowstorm	Snow
Jan 7, 2007	EM-3270-CO	EM	Snowstorm	Snow
Sep 1, 2006	FM-2672-CO	FM	Fire	Red Apple Fire
Jun 19, 2006	FM-2646-CO	FM	Fire	Malo Vega Fire
Jan 8, 2006	FM-2613-CO	FM	Fire	Mauricio Canyon Fire
Sep 5, 2005	EM-3224-CO	EM	Coastal Storm	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation
Jul 10, 2005	FM-2566-CO	FM	Fire	Mason Fire
Jul 3, 2004	FM-2526-CO	FM	Fire	Co-Mcgruder Fire-07/03/2004
Apr 1, 2004	FM-2514-CO	FM	Fire	Co - Picnic Rock Fire - 03/30/2004
Nov 12, 2003	FM-2511-CO	FM	Fire	Co - Buckhorn Creek Fire - 11/11/2003
Oct 29, 2003	FM-2509-CO	FM	Fire	Co - Overland Wildfire - 10/29/2003
Oct 29, 2003	FM-2510-CO	FM	Fire	Co - Cherokee Ranch Wildfire - 10/29/2003
Jul 25, 2003	FM-2486-CO	FM	Fire	Co-Cloudy Pass Fire-07/25/2003
Apr 9, 2003	EM-3185-CO	EM	Snowstorm	Snow
Jul 31, 2002	FM-2457-CO	FM	Fire	Co - Panorama Fire - 07/31/02
Jul 18, 2002	FM-2447-CO	FM	Fire	Big Elk Fire
Jul 15, 2002	FM-2442-CO	FM	Fire	Co - Burn Canyon Fire - 07/15/02
Jun 25, 2002	FM-2432-CO	FM	Fire	Valley Fire
Jun 23, 2002	FM-2431-CO	FM	Fire	Co-Wiley Ridge Fire-06/23/02
Jun 19, 2002	DR-1421-CO	DR	Fire	Wildfires
Jun 19, 2002	FM-2428-CO	FM	Fire	Million Fire
Jun 11, 2002	FM-2423-CO	FM	Fire	Missionary Ridge Fire
Jun 10, 2002	FM-2422-CO	FM	Fire	Co - Dierich Fire - 06/10/02
Jun 9, 2002	FM-2421-CO	FM	Fire	Co - Haymen Fire - 06/09/02
Jun 8, 2002	FM-2419-CO	FM	Fire	Coal Seam Fire
Jun 7, 2002	FM-2418-CO	FM	Fire	Ute Pass Fire
Jun 3, 2002	FM-2413-CO	FM	Fire	Co - James John / Fisher - 06/03/02
Jun 3, 2002	FM-2412-CO	FM	Fire	Co - Spring Fire - 06/03/02
Jun 2, 2002	FM-2410-CO	FM	Fire	Iron Mountain Fire
May 23, 2002	FM-2407-CO	FM	Fire	Co - Schoonover Fire - 05/23/02
May 5, 2002	FM-2403-CO	FM	Fire	Black Mountain Fire
May 1, 2002	FM-2401-CO	FM	Fire	Cuerno Verde Fire
Apr 23, 2002	FM-2399-CO	FM	Fire	Co - Snaking Fire - 4/23/2002
Nov 1, 2001	FM-2383-CO	FM	Fire	Co - Armageddon Fire - 11/01/01
May 17, 2001	DR-1374-CO	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storms
Sep 16, 2000	FM-2338-CO	FM	Fire	Co - Eldorado Fire
Jun 12, 2000	FM-2308-CO	FM	Fire	Bobcat Gulch Fire
Jun 12, 2000	FM-2309-CO	FM	Fire	High Meadows Fire

Denied requests

FEMA turned down 2 declaration requests from Colorado since FY2000, a denial rate of 2.3%. Denials are tracked in a separate FEMA dataset from approved declarations.

Date	Type	Hazard
Sep 26, 2025	Major Disaster	Fire
Jan 5, 2007	Emergency	Severe Storm

Declarations not attributed to a specific locality

2 declarations in Colorado applied statewide, or to areas FEMA did not tie to a single county or equivalent, such as wildfire management zones. They are included in the state totals above but do not appear on any individual jurisdiction page.

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
Jul 10, 2016	FM-5133-CO	FM	Fire	Cold Springs Fire
Jun 9, 2002	FM-2421-CO	FM	Fire	Co - Haymen Fire - 06/09/02

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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.