Disaster Data / States / Colorado / Garfield County
CountyGarfield County recorded 2 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 2 emergency declarations and 6 fire management declarations, 10 in all. Its most common hazard is fire.
Highlighted: Garfield County, CO
Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 26, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
The federal disaster record for Garfield County runs between 2002 and 2020, covering 10 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020. The hazards behind these declarations were most often fire, biological, and coastal storm.
Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.
Approximately 60.6% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.
Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation
The NRI combines expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience to describe relative natural-hazard risk. FEMA NRI documentation
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.
| Assistance type | Approved amount |
|---|---|
| Other needs | $104,108 |
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.
| Program | Projects | Federal share obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Flood Mitigation Assistance(FMA) | 1 | $54,806 |
| Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP) | 2 | $41,965 |
| Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities(BRIC) | 1 | $37,800 |
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.
Archive coverage for Colorado: 2000-2025 State Publications Library D-series; current Governor page blocked; 2026 backfill pending
| Signed | Order | Declaration | Hazards reported here | Reported damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2002 | D-2002-014 | E X E C U T I V E O R D E R Declaring a Statewide Disaster Emergency Due to Wildfires and Ordering to State Active Duty Certain Elements of the Colorado National Guard | Wildfire | Not 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.
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 10 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2020 | FM-5334-CO | FM | Fire | Grizzly Creek Fire |
| Aug 19, 2020 | FM-5335-CO | FM | Fire | Pine Gulch Fire |
| Mar 28, 2020 | DR-4498-CO | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3436-CO | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Jun 19, 2007 | FM-2698-CO | FM | Fire | Newcastle Fire |
| Sep 1, 2006 | FM-2672-CO | FM | Fire | Red Apple Fire |
| Sep 5, 2005 | EM-3224-CO | EM | Coastal Storm | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| Jul 31, 2002 | FM-2457-CO | FM | Fire | Co - Panorama Fire - 07/31/02 |
| Jun 19, 2002 | DR-1421-CO | DR | Fire | Wildfires |
| Jun 8, 2002 | FM-2419-CO | FM | Fire | Coal Seam Fire |
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 Colorado'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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