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Mineral County, Colorado

Mineral 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 1 fire management declarations, 5 in all. Its most common hazard is fire.

Highlighted: Mineral County, CO

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

2
Major disasters
2
Emergency declarations
1
Fire management grants
5
All declarations on record
Mar 2020
Most recent

The federal disaster record for Mineral County runs between 2002 and 2020, covering 5 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.

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 08079
CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI
5.6
overall percentile nationally

Approximately 5.6% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status48.8
Household characteristics0.8
Racial and ethnic minority status16.5
Housing type and transportation1.8

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

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025
5.4
overall risk score
Very Low
Expected annual loss$4.6MVery Low
NRI social vulnerability10.6Very Low
Community resilience57.4Relatively 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.

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
1
household approved
$1,993
total IHP approved
Assistance typeApproved amount
Other needs$1,993

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 5 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Mar 28, 2020DR-4498-CODRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3436-COEMBiologicalCovid-19
Jun 21, 2013FM-5031-COFMFireWest Fork Fire Complex
Sep 5, 2005EM-3224-COEMCoastal StormHurricane Katrina Evacuation
Jun 19, 2002DR-1421-CODRFireWildfires
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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 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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