Cook County, Illinois

Name: Cook County, Illinois FEMA disaster declarations
Creator: Disaster Data

Cook County recorded 12 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 9 major disasters, 3 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is severe storm.

Declarations since FY2000

Major disasters (DR)

Emergencies (EM)

Fire management (FM)

Sep 2024

Most recent

$884.9M

Federal PA obligated (top: emergency protective measures)

The federal disaster record for Cook County runs between 2001 and 2024, covering 12 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Floodng in 2024. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, flood, and snowstorm. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $884.9 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for emergency protective measures.

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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
Emergency protective measures(B)	1,456	$866,772,192
Debris removal(A)	168	$12,346,922
Buildings and equipment(E)	75	$2,717,755
Management costs(Z)	65	$913,710
Roads and bridges(C)	26	$882,936
Parks and recreation(G)	29	$619,271
Utilities(F)	33	$580,879
Water control facilities(D)	3	$19,032
All categories	1,855	$884,852,697

Most common hazards

Severe Storm 4
Flood 3
Snowstorm 2
Biological 2
Hurricane 1

Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan

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

Hazard	Date	FEMA declaration	Type
Flood	Sep 20, 2024	DR-4819-IL	DR
Flood	Nov 20, 2023	DR-4749-IL	DR
Severe Storm	Aug 15, 2023	DR-4728-IL	DR
Biological	Mar 26, 2020	DR-4489-IL	DR
Biological	Mar 13, 2020	EM-3435-IL	EM
Flood	May 10, 2013	DR-4116-IL	DR
Snowstorm	Mar 17, 2011	DR-1960-IL	DR
Severe Storm	Aug 19, 2010	DR-1935-IL	DR
Severe Storm	Oct 3, 2008	DR-1800-IL	DR
Severe Storm	Sep 25, 2007	DR-1729-IL	DR
Hurricane	Sep 7, 2005	EM-3230-IL	EM
Snowstorm	Jan 17, 2001	EM-3161-IL	EM

Every declaration on record

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

Showing 12 declarations

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
Sep 20, 2024	DR-4819-IL	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Floodng
Nov 20, 2023	DR-4749-IL	DR	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding
Aug 15, 2023	DR-4728-IL	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Mar 26, 2020	DR-4489-IL	DR	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3435-IL	EM	Biological	Covid-19
May 10, 2013	DR-4116-IL	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Mar 17, 2011	DR-1960-IL	DR	Snowstorm	Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm
Aug 19, 2010	DR-1935-IL	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Oct 3, 2008	DR-1800-IL	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Sep 25, 2007	DR-1729-IL	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Sep 7, 2005	EM-3230-IL	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation
Jan 17, 2001	EM-3161-IL	EM	Snowstorm	Illinois Winter Snow Storms

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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 Illinois'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.