Disaster Data / States / Colorado / Ouray County
CountyOuray County recorded 3 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, 6 in all. Its most common hazard is fire.
Highlighted: Ouray 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 Ouray County runs between 2002 and 2026, covering 6 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Wildfires, Flooding, And Mudslides in 2026. The hazards behind these declarations were most often fire, biological, and coastal storm.
Past 12 months
Ouray County has been named in 2 federal declarations in the past 12 months. The figures are what FEMA has reported for Ouray County to date and grow as recovery continues. All of them fall in complete fiscal years and are counted in the totals above.
| Declaration | Declared | Households approved | Individual Assistance | Public Assistance obligated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR-4944-COMajor disaster · Fire | Sep 1, 2026Incident period Jun 27 to Jul 29, 2026 | None reported | None reported | None reported yet |
| FM-5643-COFire management · Fire | Jun 30, 2026 | Not applicable | Not applicable | None 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, with the same figures for every place it covers.
Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.
Approximately 8.3% 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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation(LPDM) | 1 | $1,032,926 |
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM) | 2 | $135,127 |
| Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP) | 1 | $53,250 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2006 | D-2006-018 | E X E C U T I V E O R D E R Declaring a Disaster Emergency and Calling on Certain Elements of the National Guard Due to Flooding | Heavy Rain | 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 6 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | DR-4944-CO | DR | Fire | Wildfires, Flooding, And Mudslides |
| Jun 30, 2026 | FM-5643-CO | FM | Fire | Gold Mountain Fire |
| Mar 28, 2020 | DR-4498-CO | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3436-CO | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Sep 5, 2005 | EM-3224-CO | EM | Coastal Storm | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| Jun 19, 2002 | DR-1421-CO | DR | Fire | Wildfires |
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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