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Georgia: Federal Disaster Declarations
Georgia has recorded 25 major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 10 emergency declarations and 14 fire management declarations, 49 in all. Its most common hazard is fire. It ranks #29 nationally by major disasters.
Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 25, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
Past 12 months
Recent declarations and aid so far
Georgia has had 4 federal declarations in the past 12 months. The figures are what FEMA has reported to date and grow as recovery continues. The one made since Oct 1, 2026 is from FY2027, so it is added to the complete-year totals above after that year ends on Sep 30, 2027.
| Declaration | Declared | Households approved | Individual Assistance | Public Assistance obligated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EM-3657-GAEmergency · Tropical Storm | Oct 9, 2026Incident period Oct 8 to 15, 2026 | None reported | None reported | None reported yet |
| FM-5630-GAFire management · Fire | Apr 22, 2026 | Not applicable | Not applicable | None reported yet |
| FM-5629-GAFire management · Fire | Apr 21, 2026 | Not applicable | Not applicable | None reported yet |
| EM-3642-GAEmergency · Winter Storm | Jan 24, 2026Incident period Jan 22 to 27, 2026 | None reported | None reported | 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.
Federal Public Assistance obligated
$3.8B has been obligated to Georgia in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$2.6B followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $9M followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $1.2B, or 31% of the total, was COVID-19, which every state and county in the country received.
Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out. Totals are summed from funded localities, so a declaration administered entirely at state level may not appear here.
Most common hazards
- Fire 14
- Hurricane 13
- Severe Storm 12
- Tropical Storm 3
- Severe Ice Storm 3
- Biological 2
- Winter Storm 1
- Tornado 1
All declarations 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 state and 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.
DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance
The totals above count complete fiscal years only. This list also includes one declaration made since Oct 1, 2026 (FY2027); it is added to the totals after that year ends on Sep 30, 2027.
Showing 50 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2026 | EM-3657-GA | EM | Tropical Storm | Hurricane Isaias |
| Apr 22, 2026 | FM-5630-GA | FM | Fire | Highway 82 Fire |
| Apr 21, 2026 | FM-5629-GA | FM | Fire | Pineland Road Fire |
| Jan 24, 2026 | EM-3642-GA | EM | Winter Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| Sep 30, 2024 | DR-4830-GA | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Helene |
| Sep 26, 2024 | EM-3616-GA | EM | Tropical Storm | Hurricane Helene |
| Sep 24, 2024 | DR-4821-GA | DR | Tropical Storm | Tropical Storm Debby |
| Aug 5, 2024 | EM-3607-GA | EM | Tropical Storm | Hurricane Debby |
| Sep 7, 2023 | DR-4738-GA | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Idalia |
| Jan 16, 2023 | DR-4685-GA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Tornadoes |
| May 5, 2021 | DR-4600-GA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Tornadoes |
| Jan 12, 2021 | DR-4579-GA | DR | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Zeta |
| Mar 29, 2020 | DR-4501-GA | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3464-GA | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Sep 1, 2019 | EM-3422-GA | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Dorian |
| Oct 14, 2018 | DR-4400-GA | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Michael |
| Oct 10, 2018 | EM-3406-GA | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Michael |
| Sep 15, 2017 | DR-4338-GA | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Irma |
| Sep 8, 2017 | EM-3387-GA | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Irma |
| May 8, 2017 | FM-5181-GA | FM | Fire | West Mims Fire |
| Jan 26, 2017 | DR-4297-GA | DR | Tornado | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Jan 25, 2017 | DR-4294-GA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Straight-Line Winds |
| Nov 13, 2016 | FM-5163-GA | FM | Fire | Tatum Gulf Fire |
| Oct 8, 2016 | DR-4284-GA | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Matthew |
| Oct 6, 2016 | EM-3379-GA | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Matthew |
| Feb 26, 2016 | DR-4259-GA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Apr 20, 2015 | DR-4215-GA | DR | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| Mar 6, 2014 | DR-4165-GA | DR | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| Feb 11, 2014 | EM-3368-GA | EM | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| Jun 16, 2011 | FM-2921-GA | FM | Fire | Sweat Farm Again Fire |
| Jun 15, 2011 | FM-2920-GA | FM | Fire | Racepond Wildfire |
| Apr 29, 2011 | DR-1973-GA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Associated Flooding |
| Mar 25, 2011 | FM-2876-GA | FM | Fire | Mosley Road Fire |
| Mar 25, 2011 | FM-2875-GA | FM | Fire | Elan Church Road Fire |
| Sep 24, 2009 | DR-1858-GA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Apr 23, 2009 | DR-1833-GA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, And Straight-Line Winds |
| May 23, 2008 | DR-1761-GA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Tornadoes |
| Mar 20, 2008 | DR-1750-GA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Tornadoes |
| May 31, 2007 | FM-2697-GA | FM | Fire | Harveytown Fire |
| May 9, 2007 | FM-2693-GA | FM | Fire | Bugaboo Scrub Fire |
| May 5, 2007 | FM-2688-GA | FM | Fire | Roundabout Fire |
| Apr 26, 2007 | FM-2686-GA | FM | Fire | Kneeknocker Swamp Fire |
| Apr 17, 2007 | FM-2685-GA | FM | Fire | Sweat Farm Road Fire |
| Mar 3, 2007 | DR-1686-GA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Tornadoes |
| Sep 5, 2005 | EM-3218-GA | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| Sep 24, 2004 | DR-1560-GA | DR | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Frances |
| Sep 18, 2004 | DR-1554-GA | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Ivan |
| May 23, 2001 | FM-2362-GA | FM | Fire | Ga - Blounts Pasture Fire |
| Feb 15, 2000 | DR-1315-GA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms/Tornados |
| Jan 28, 2000 | DR-1311-GA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
Individual Assistance to households
FEMA Individual Assistance to households across Georgia, combined across the Housing Assistance owner and renter programs. Valid registrations are households that applied within a designated Individual Assistance area; approved figures are those FEMA found eligible under the Individuals and Households Program. Self-reported, drawn from NEMIS through OpenFEMA, and present only where Individual Assistance was designated.
| Assistance type | Approved amount |
|---|---|
| Repair and replacement | $195M |
| Rental assistance | $53M |
| Other needs | $416M |
Hazard mitigation funded
Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated across Georgia to reduce future disaster losses, by program. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited.
| Program | Projects | Federal share obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) | 1,070 | $268M |
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) | 55 | $35M |
| Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) | 53 | $10M |
| Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation (LPDM) | 11 | $4M |
| Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) | 1 | $189K |
Denied requests
FEMA turned down 9 declaration requests from Georgia since FY2000, a declaration-request denial rate of 15.5%. This is the President denying a governor or tribal leader's request for a declaration, tracked in a separate FEMA dataset from approved declarations, and is not the same thing as an individual being denied assistance under an approved declaration.
| Date | Type | Hazard |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2026 | Major Disaster | Winter Storm |
| May 26, 2023 | Major Disaster | Severe Storm |
| Oct 4, 2022 | Major Disaster | Flood |
| Apr 22, 2020 | Major Disaster | Severe Storm |
| May 28, 2008 | Major Disaster | Tornado |
| Oct 20, 2007 | Major Disaster | Drought |
| Jun 1, 2007 | Emergency | Fire |
| Sep 26, 2004 | Major Disaster | Other |
| Feb 21, 2002 | Emergency | Other |
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, ranks, and rates on this page cover complete fiscal years only. Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in each state's declaration tables and its recent-declarations panel, but are not counted in any total until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.