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Manatee County, Florida

Name: Manatee County, Florida FEMA disaster declarations
Creator: Disaster Data

Manatee County recorded 35 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 18 major disasters, 16 emergencies, and 1 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is hurricane.

Highlighted: Manatee County, FL

Totals: FY2000–FY2025 · Page last rebuilt Sep 12, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals

Declarations since FY2000

Major disasters (DR)

Emergencies (EM)

Fire management (FM)

Oct 2024

Most recent

$140.6M

Federal PA obligated (top: debris removal)

The federal disaster record for Manatee County runs between 1999 and 2024, covering 35 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Hurricane Milton in 2024. The hazards behind these declarations were most often hurricane, severe storm, and tropical storm. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $140.6 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for debris removal.

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 12081

CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI

63.3

overall percentile nationally

Approximately 63.3% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status65.2

Household characteristics49.1

Racial and ethnic minority status66.8

Housing type and transportation56.2

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

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025

97.6

overall risk score

Relatively High

Expected annual loss$254.7MRelatively High

NRI social vulnerability54.8Relatively Moderate

Community resilience22.8Relatively Low

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.

Federal Public Assistance by category

Federal share obligated to this jurisdiction under FEMA Public Assistance since 2000, grouped by damage category. Figures are rounded to the nearest dollar and reflect obligations, which may change as projects close out.

Category	Projects	Federal share obligated
Debris removal(A)	135	$68,259,973
Emergency protective measures(B)	422	$29,726,400
Parks and recreation(G)	141	$16,711,207
Buildings and equipment(E)	250	$11,063,369
Water control facilities(D)	43	$5,162,277
Management costs(Z)	48	$3,974,559
Utilities(F)	37	$3,248,404
Roads and bridges(C)	80	$2,452,154
All categories	1,156	$140,598,343

Recovery funding, how fast it came

For each disaster, the wait from the declaration to the first federal obligation (amber), then the federal share obligating after that (teal), on a shared 4-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 106 days. An obligation is the federal share committed to the recipient state, not funds disbursed to the locality, which comes later and is not shown.

Hurricane Milton 2024$50.3M

15 days to first federal obligation

Hurricane Helene 2024$14.1M

51 days to first federal obligation

Hurricane Debby 2024$2.8M

97 days to first federal obligation

Hurricane Idalia 2023$5.4M

168 days to first federal obligation

Hurricane Nicole 2022$6K

231 days to first federal obligation

Hurricane Ian 2022$30.7M

116 days to first federal obligation

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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.

164,037

valid registrations

76,513

households approved

$178,306,874

total IHP approved

Assistance type	Approved amount
Repair and replacement	$62,013,903
Rental assistance	$18,279,783
Other needs	$97,856,713

Hazard mitigation, what has been funded here

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.

$12,494,205

federal mitigation share

funded projects

properties mitigated

Program	Projects	Federal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)	39	$8,309,014
Severe Repetitive Loss(SRL)	4	$2,298,563
Flood Mitigation Assistance(FMA)	14	$1,841,658
Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM)	1	$44,970

State declarations (governor)

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.

state declarations with local storm evidence

statewide on record

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
Aug 1, 2024	2024-156	#2024-156 re: Emergency Management – Invest 97L	Thunderstorm Wind	$25,000
Aug 13, 2021	2021-190	#2021-190 – Emergency Management – Tropical Depression Fred	Thunderstorm Wind	$30,000

Source: state executive order archives collected by DisasterData Plus, joined to NOAA Storm Events. See the Plus overview for per-state coverage and method.

Most common hazards

Hurricane 20
Severe Storm 5
Tropical Storm 5
Biological 2
Freezing 1
Coastal Storm 1
Fire 1

Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan

Every local hazard mitigation plan must document previous occurrences of each hazard. Here is that record for Manatee County, sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.

Hazard	Date	FEMA declaration	Type
Hurricane	Oct 11, 2024	DR-4834-FL	DR
Hurricane	Oct 7, 2024	EM-3622-FL	EM
Hurricane	Sep 28, 2024	DR-4828-FL	DR
Tropical Storm	Sep 24, 2024	EM-3615-FL	EM
Tropical Storm	Aug 10, 2024	DR-4806-FL	DR
Tropical Storm	Aug 3, 2024	EM-3605-FL	EM
Hurricane	Aug 31, 2023	DR-4734-FL	DR
Tropical Storm	Aug 28, 2023	EM-3596-FL	EM
Hurricane	Dec 13, 2022	DR-4680-FL	DR
Tropical Storm	Nov 8, 2022	EM-3587-FL	EM
Hurricane	Sep 29, 2022	DR-4673-FL	DR
Hurricane	Sep 24, 2022	EM-3584-FL	EM
Hurricane	Aug 16, 2021	EM-3562-FL	EM
Severe Storm	Jul 4, 2021	EM-3561-FL	EM
Hurricane	Nov 11, 2020	EM-3551-FL	EM
Biological	Mar 25, 2020	DR-4486-FL	DR
Biological	Mar 13, 2020	EM-3432-FL	EM
Hurricane	Aug 30, 2019	EM-3419-FL	EM
Hurricane	Oct 9, 2018	EM-3405-FL	EM
Hurricane	Sep 10, 2017	DR-4337-FL	DR
Hurricane	Sep 5, 2017	EM-3385-FL	EM
Hurricane	Sep 28, 2016	DR-4280-FL	DR
Severe Storm	Jul 3, 2012	DR-4068-FL	DR
Severe Storm	Aug 24, 2008	DR-1785-FL	DR
Severe Storm	Aug 21, 2008	EM-3288-FL	EM
Hurricane	Sep 5, 2005	EM-3220-FL	EM
Hurricane	Sep 26, 2004	DR-1561-FL	DR
Hurricane	Sep 16, 2004	DR-1551-FL	DR
Hurricane	Sep 4, 2004	DR-1545-FL	DR
Hurricane	Aug 13, 2004	DR-1539-FL	DR
Severe Storm	Jul 29, 2003	DR-1481-FL	DR
Coastal Storm	Sep 28, 2001	DR-1393-FL	DR
Fire	Apr 18, 2001	FM-2358-FL	FM
Freezing	Feb 5, 2001	DR-1359-FL	DR
Hurricane	Oct 15, 1999	EM-3150-FL	EM

Every declaration on record

DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance

Showing 35 declarations

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
Oct 11, 2024	DR-4834-FL	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Milton
Oct 7, 2024	EM-3622-FL	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Milton
Sep 28, 2024	DR-4828-FL	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Helene
Sep 24, 2024	EM-3615-FL	EM	Tropical Storm	Tropical Storm Helene
Aug 10, 2024	DR-4806-FL	DR	Tropical Storm	Hurricane Debby
Aug 3, 2024	EM-3605-FL	EM	Tropical Storm	Tropical Storm Debby
Aug 31, 2023	DR-4734-FL	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Idalia
Aug 28, 2023	EM-3596-FL	EM	Tropical Storm	Tropical Storm Idalia
Dec 13, 2022	DR-4680-FL	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Nicole
Nov 8, 2022	EM-3587-FL	EM	Tropical Storm	Tropical Storm Nicole
Sep 29, 2022	DR-4673-FL	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Ian
Sep 24, 2022	EM-3584-FL	EM	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Ian
Aug 16, 2021	EM-3562-FL	EM	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Fred
Jul 4, 2021	EM-3561-FL	EM	Severe Storm	Tropical Storm Elsa
Nov 11, 2020	EM-3551-FL	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Eta
Mar 25, 2020	DR-4486-FL	DR	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3432-FL	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Aug 30, 2019	EM-3419-FL	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Dorian
Oct 9, 2018	EM-3405-FL	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Michael
Sep 10, 2017	DR-4337-FL	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Irma
Sep 5, 2017	EM-3385-FL	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Irma
Sep 28, 2016	DR-4280-FL	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Hermine
Jul 3, 2012	DR-4068-FL	DR	Severe Storm	Tropical Storm Debby
Aug 24, 2008	DR-1785-FL	DR	Severe Storm	Tropical Storm Fay
Aug 21, 2008	EM-3288-FL	EM	Severe Storm	Tropical Storm Fay
Sep 5, 2005	EM-3220-FL	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation
Sep 26, 2004	DR-1561-FL	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Jeanne
Sep 16, 2004	DR-1551-FL	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Ivan
Sep 4, 2004	DR-1545-FL	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Frances
Aug 13, 2004	DR-1539-FL	DR	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Bonnie And Hurricane Charley
Jul 29, 2003	DR-1481-FL	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Sep 28, 2001	DR-1393-FL	DR	Coastal Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding Associated With Tropical Storm Gabrielle
Apr 18, 2001	FM-2358-FL	FM	Fire	Fl - Myakka Complex Fire
Feb 5, 2001	DR-1359-FL	DR	Freezing	Severe Freeze
Oct 15, 1999	EM-3150-FL	EM	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Irene - Florida

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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 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); the 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.

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