Indiana: Federal Disaster Declarations

Name: Indiana FEMA disaster declarations (FY2000 to FY2025)
Creator: Disaster Data

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.

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)

Declaration requests denied

18.2%

Declaration-request denial rate

#46

National rank by declarations

35.2

Avg days to a decision

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Most common hazards

Severe Storm 18
Snowstorm 3
Flood 2
Biological 2
Tornado 1
Hurricane 1

All declarations on record

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

Showing 27 declarations

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

Individual Assistance to households

FEMA Individual Assistance to households across Indiana, 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.

146,438

Valid registrations

80,991

Households approved

$317M

Total IHP approved

Assistance type	Approved amount
Repair and replacement	$147M
Rental assistance	$24M
Other needs	$146M

Hazard mitigation funded

Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated across Indiana to reduce future disaster losses, by program. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited.

$92M

Federal mitigation share

229

Projects funded

1,462

Properties mitigated

Program	Projects	Federal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)	149	$60M
Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM)	45	$27M
Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)	25	$3M
Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation (LPDM)	5	$2M
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)	5	$1M

Denied requests

FEMA turned down 6 declaration requests from Indiana since FY2000, a declaration-request denial rate of 18.2%. 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
Aug 31, 2015	Major Disaster	Flood
Dec 4, 2013	Major Disaster	Severe Storm
Mar 14, 2011	Major Disaster	Severe Storm
Sep 9, 2009	Major Disaster	Severe Storm
Nov 2, 2007	Major Disaster	Severe Storm
Dec 3, 2005	Major Disaster	Tornado

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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.