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Indiana: Federal Disaster Declarations

Indiana has recorded 27 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 22 major disasters, 5 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is severe storm. It ranks #46 nationally by total declarations.

27
Declarations since FY2000
22
Major disasters (DR)
5
Emergencies (EM)
0
Fire management (FM)
6
Requests denied
18.2%
Denial rate
#46
National rank by declarations
37.1
Avg days to a decision

Most common hazards

All declarations on record

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

Showing 27 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Jul 22, 2025DR-4882-INDRFloodSevere Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Apr 15, 2023DR-4704-INDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Tornadoes
Apr 3, 2020DR-4515-INDRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3456-INEMBiologicalCovid-19
May 4, 2018DR-4363-INDRFloodSevere Storms And Flooding
Apr 22, 2014DR-4173-INDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm And Snowstorm
Mar 9, 2012DR-4058-INDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Tornadoes
Jun 23, 2011DR-1997-INDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And
Apr 22, 2009DR-1832-INDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Mar 5, 2009DR-1828-INDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm
Sep 23, 2008DR-1795-INDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Jun 8, 2008DR-1766-INDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes
Jan 30, 2008DR-1740-INDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Nov 30, 2007DR-1732-INDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Mar 12, 2007EM-3274-INEMSnowstormSnow
Oct 6, 2006DR-1662-INDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Nov 8, 2005DR-1612-INDRTornadoTornado And Severe Storms
Sep 10, 2005EM-3238-INEMHurricaneHurricane Katrina Evacuation
Jan 21, 2005DR-1573-INDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storms And Flooding
Jan 11, 2005EM-3197-INEMSnowstormSnow
Sep 1, 2004DR-1542-INDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding
Jun 3, 2004DR-1520-INDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Sep 5, 2003DR-1487-INDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Jul 11, 2003DR-1476-INDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Sep 25, 2002DR-1433-INDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Tornadoes
Jun 13, 2002DR-1418-INDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding
Jan 24, 2001EM-3162-INEMSnowstormSnow

Denied requests

FEMA turned down 6 declaration requests from Indiana since FY2000, a denial rate of 18.2%. Denials are tracked in a separate FEMA dataset from approved declarations.

DateTypeHazard
Aug 31, 2015Major DisasterFlood
Dec 4, 2013Major DisasterSevere Storm
Mar 14, 2011Major DisasterSevere Storm
Sep 9, 2009Major DisasterSevere Storm
Nov 2, 2007Major DisasterSevere Storm
Dec 3, 2005Major DisasterTornado
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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.

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