Disaster Data / States / Delaware
Delaware: Federal Disaster Declarations
Delaware has recorded 16 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 11 major disasters, 5 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is hurricane. It ranks #54 nationally by total declarations.
Most common hazards
- Hurricane 9
- Snowstorm 3
- Biological 2
- Severe Storm 2
All declarations on record
DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance
Showing 16 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2021 | DR-4627-DE | DR | Hurricane | Remnants Of Hurricane Ida |
| Oct 2, 2020 | DR-4566-DE | DR | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Isaias |
| Apr 5, 2020 | DR-4526-DE | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3449-DE | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Mar 16, 2016 | DR-4265-DE | DR | Snowstorm | Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm |
| Nov 16, 2012 | DR-4090-DE | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Sandy |
| Oct 29, 2012 | EM-3357-DE | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Sandy |
| Sep 30, 2011 | DR-4037-DE | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Irene |
| Aug 28, 2011 | EM-3336-DE | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Irene |
| Mar 31, 2010 | DR-1896-DE | DR | Snowstorm | Severe Winter Storms And Snowstorms |
| Jul 5, 2006 | DR-1654-DE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Sep 30, 2005 | EM-3263-DE | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| Nov 15, 2004 | DR-1572-DE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding From The Remnants Of |
| Sep 23, 2003 | DR-1495-DE | DR | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Henri |
| Sep 20, 2003 | DR-1494-DE | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Isabel |
| Mar 20, 2003 | EM-3183-DE | EM | Snowstorm | Snow |
Denied requests
FEMA turned down 1 declaration request from Delaware since FY2000, a denial rate of 5.9%. Denials are tracked in a separate FEMA dataset from approved declarations.
| Date | Type | Hazard |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2016 | Major Disaster | Severe Storm |
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.