Disaster Data / States / Florida / Dade County
CountyDade County recorded 3 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 1 emergency declarations and 1 fire management declarations, 5 in all. Its most common hazard is hurricane.
Highlighted: Dade County, FL
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 Dade County runs between 1999 and 2001, covering 5 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Freeze in 2001. The hazards behind these declarations were most often hurricane, severe storm, and freezing.
Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.
Approximately 88.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP) | 95 | $5,909,186 |
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 Florida: 2020-present structured Governor archive; official State Library 1971-2019 OCR/manual backfill pending
| Signed | Order | Declaration | Hazards reported here | Reported damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2024 | 2024-214 | #2024-214 re: Emergency Management – Tropical Storm Milton | Flood | Not reported |
| Oct 3, 2024 | 2024-212 | #2024-212 re: Emergency Management/Elections – Hurricane Helene | Flood | Not reported |
| Jun 12, 2024 | 2024-115 | #2024-115 re: Emergency Management – Invest 90L – South Florida Flash Flooding | Flash Flood, Flood | $3,860,000 |
| Apr 13, 2023 | 2023-65 | #2023-65 – Emergency Management – Broward County Flooding | Flash Flood, Flood | $100,000 |
| Aug 13, 2021 | 2021-190 | #2021-190 – Emergency Management – Tropical Depression Fred | Flash Flood | $1,000 |
| Nov 7, 2020 | 2020-277 | #2020-277 Executive Order re: Emergency Management – Tropical Storm Eta | Flash Flood, Flood | Not reported |
| Sep 14, 2020 | 2020-224 | #2020-224 Executive Order re: Emergency Management – Hurricane Sally | Flash Flood | Not reported |
| Aug 21, 2020 | 2020-208 | #2020-208 Executive Order re: Emergency Management – Tropical Depression Thirteen | Thunderstorm Wind, Tornado | 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 5 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2001 | FM-2359-FL | FM | Fire | Fl - Everglades Fire Complex - 04/25/01 |
| Feb 5, 2001 | DR-1359-FL | DR | Freezing | Severe Freeze |
| Oct 4, 2000 | DR-1345-FL | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Oct 20, 1999 | DR-1306-FL | DR | Hurricane | Fl-Hurricane Irene-Dr-Req |
| Oct 15, 1999 | EM-3150-FL | EM | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Irene - Florida |
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 Florida'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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