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Colorado: Federal Disaster Declarations

Colorado has recorded 13 major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 6 emergency declarations and 71 fire management declarations, 90 in all. Its most common hazard is fire. It ranks #46 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

13
Major disasters
6
Emergency declarations
71
Fire management grants
90
All declarations on record
$2.4B
Federal PA obligated
3
Declaration requests denied
3.2%
Declaration-request denial rate
#46
National rank by major disasters
8.7
Avg days to a decision

Past 12 months

Recent declarations and aid so far

Colorado has had 4 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.

None yet
Households approved for assistance
None yet
Individual Assistance approved
$784K
Public Assistance obligated
DeclarationDeclaredHouseholds approvedIndividual AssistancePublic Assistance obligated
DR-4944-COMajor disaster · FireSep 1, 2026Incident period Jun 27 to Jul 29, 2026None reportedNone reported$784K
FM-5644-COFire management · FireJul 5, 2026Not applicableNot applicableNone reported yet
FM-5643-COFire management · FireJun 30, 2026Not applicableNot applicableNone reported yet
FM-5642-COFire management · FireJun 29, 2026Not applicableNot applicableNone 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

$2.4B has been obligated to Colorado in Public Assistance since FY2000.

$518M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $28M followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $1.8B, or 77% 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.

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Most common hazards

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 90 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Sep 1, 2026DR-4944-CODRFireWildfires, Flooding, And Mudslides
Jul 5, 2026FM-5644-COFMFireWillow Fire
Jun 30, 2026FM-5643-COFMFireGold Mountain Fire
Jun 29, 2026FM-5642-COFMFireAspen Acres Fire
Aug 11, 2025FM-5606-COFMFireOak Fire
Aug 6, 2025FM-5604-COFMFireElk Fire
Aug 6, 2025FM-5603-COFMFireLee Fire
Aug 1, 2024FM-5526-COFMFireQuarry Fire
Jul 31, 2024FM-5525-COFMFireStone Mountain Fire
Jul 31, 2024FM-5524-COFMFireAlexander Mountain Fire
Aug 25, 2023DR-4731-CODRFloodSevere Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes
Dec 31, 2021DR-4634-CODRFireWildfires And Straight-Line Winds
Dec 30, 2021FM-5423-COFMFireMarshall Fire
Jan 15, 2021DR-4581-CODRFireWildfires
Oct 17, 2020FM-5378-COFMFireEast Troublesome Fire
Oct 17, 2020FM-5379-COFMFireCalwood Fire
Sep 6, 2020FM-5349-COFMFireCameron Peak Fire
Aug 19, 2020FM-5334-COFMFireGrizzly Creek Fire
Aug 19, 2020FM-5335-COFMFirePine Gulch Fire
Mar 28, 2020DR-4498-CODRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3436-COEMBiologicalCovid-19
Jul 4, 2018FM-5249-COFMFireLake Christine Fire
Jun 30, 2018FM-5247-COFMFireChateau Fire
Jun 28, 2018FM-5246-COFMFireSpring Creek Fire
Oct 17, 2016FM-5157-COFMFireJunkins Fire
Oct 4, 2016FM-5155-COFMFireBeulah Hill Fire
Jul 10, 2016FM-5133-COFMFireCold Springs Fire
Jul 16, 2015DR-4229-CODRFloodSevere Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Sep 14, 2013DR-4145-CODRFloodSevere Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Sep 12, 2013EM-3365-COEMFloodSevere Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Jul 26, 2013DR-4133-CODRFireRoyal Gorge Fire
Jul 26, 2013DR-4134-CODRFireBlack Forest Wildfire
Jun 21, 2013FM-5031-COFMFireWest Fork Fire Complex
Jun 21, 2013FM-5030-COFMFireEast Peak Fire
Jun 11, 2013FM-5027-COFMFireBlack Forest Fire
Jun 11, 2013FM-5028-COFMFireRoyal Gorge Fire
Oct 23, 2012FM-5022-COFMFireWetmore Fire
Jun 28, 2012DR-4067-CODRFireHigh Park And Waldo Canyon Wildfires
Jun 24, 2012FM-2984-COFMFireWaldo Canyon Fire
Jun 24, 2012FM-2985-COFMFireWeber Fire
Jun 9, 2012FM-2980-COFMFireHigh Park Fire
Mar 26, 2012FM-2975-COFMFireLower North Fork Fire
Jun 16, 2011FM-2923-COFMFireDuckett Fire
Apr 3, 2011FM-2877-COFMFireCrystal Fire
Mar 21, 2011FM-2873-COFMFireIndian Gulch Fire
Sep 12, 2010FM-2857-COFMFireReservoir Road Fire
Sep 6, 2010FM-2855-COFMFireFour Mile Canyon Fire
Jan 7, 2009FM-2793-COFMFireOlde Stage Fire
Jun 27, 2008FM-2778-COFMFireNash Ranch Fire
May 26, 2008DR-1762-CODRSevere StormSevere Storms And Tornadoes
Apr 15, 2008FM-2760-COFMFireOrdway Fire
Jun 19, 2007FM-2698-COFMFireNewcastle Fire
Jan 7, 2007EM-3271-COEMSnowstormSnow
Jan 7, 2007EM-3270-COEMSnowstormSnow
Sep 1, 2006FM-2672-COFMFireRed Apple Fire
Jun 19, 2006FM-2646-COFMFireMalo Vega Fire
Jan 8, 2006FM-2613-COFMFireMauricio Canyon Fire
Sep 5, 2005EM-3224-COEMCoastal StormHurricane Katrina Evacuation
Jul 10, 2005FM-2566-COFMFireMason Fire
Jul 3, 2004FM-2526-COFMFireCo-Mcgruder Fire-07/03/2004
Apr 1, 2004FM-2514-COFMFireCo - Picnic Rock Fire - 03/30/2004
Nov 12, 2003FM-2511-COFMFireCo - Buckhorn Creek Fire - 11/11/2003
Oct 29, 2003FM-2509-COFMFireCo - Overland Wildfire - 10/29/2003
Oct 29, 2003FM-2510-COFMFireCo - Cherokee Ranch Wildfire - 10/29/2003
Jul 25, 2003FM-2486-COFMFireCo-Cloudy Pass Fire-07/25/2003
Apr 9, 2003EM-3185-COEMSnowstormSnow
Jul 31, 2002FM-2457-COFMFireCo - Panorama Fire - 07/31/02
Jul 18, 2002FM-2447-COFMFireBig Elk Fire
Jul 15, 2002FM-2442-COFMFireCo - Burn Canyon Fire - 07/15/02
Jun 25, 2002FM-2432-COFMFireValley Fire
Jun 23, 2002FM-2431-COFMFireCo-Wiley Ridge Fire-06/23/02
Jun 19, 2002DR-1421-CODRFireWildfires
Jun 19, 2002FM-2428-COFMFireMillion Fire
Jun 11, 2002FM-2423-COFMFireMissionary Ridge Fire
Jun 10, 2002FM-2422-COFMFireCo - Dierich Fire - 06/10/02
Jun 9, 2002FM-2421-COFMFireCo - Haymen Fire - 06/09/02
Jun 8, 2002FM-2419-COFMFireCoal Seam Fire
Jun 7, 2002FM-2418-COFMFireUte Pass Fire
Jun 3, 2002FM-2413-COFMFireCo - James John / Fisher - 06/03/02
Jun 3, 2002FM-2412-COFMFireCo - Spring Fire - 06/03/02
Jun 2, 2002FM-2410-COFMFireIron Mountain Fire
May 23, 2002FM-2407-COFMFireCo - Schoonover Fire - 05/23/02
May 5, 2002FM-2403-COFMFireBlack Mountain Fire
May 1, 2002FM-2401-COFMFireCuerno Verde Fire
Apr 23, 2002FM-2399-COFMFireCo - Snaking Fire - 4/23/2002
Nov 1, 2001FM-2383-COFMFireCo - Armageddon Fire - 11/01/01
May 17, 2001DR-1374-CODRSevere StormSevere Winter Storms
Sep 16, 2000FM-2338-COFMFireCo - Eldorado Fire
Jun 12, 2000FM-2309-COFMFireHigh Meadows Fire
Jun 12, 2000FM-2308-COFMFireBobcat Gulch Fire

Individual Assistance to households

FEMA Individual Assistance to households across Colorado, 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.

40,132
Valid registrations
22,752
Households approved
$91M
Total IHP approved
Assistance typeApproved amount
Repair and replacement$43M
Rental assistance$17M
Other needs$31M

Hazard mitigation funded

Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated across Colorado to reduce future disaster losses, by program. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited.

$162M
Federal mitigation share
322
Projects funded
390
Properties mitigated
ProgramProjectsFederal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)184$86M
Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM)70$64M
Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)51$7M
Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation (LPDM)5$4M
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)10$570K
Repetitive Flood Claims (RFC)2$176K

Denied requests

FEMA turned down 3 declaration requests from Colorado since FY2000, a declaration-request denial rate of 3.2%. 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.

DateTypeHazard
Nov 12, 2025Major DisasterSevere Storm
Sep 26, 2025Major DisasterFire
Jan 5, 2007EmergencySevere 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.

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Jul 10, 2016FM-5133-COFMFireCold Springs Fire
Jun 9, 2002FM-2421-COFMFireCo - 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, 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.

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