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Indiana: Federal Disaster Declarations
Indiana has recorded 23 major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 7 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 30 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm. It ranks #35 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
Indiana has had 3 federal declarations in the past 12 months. The figures are what FEMA has reported to date and grow as recovery continues. All of them fall in complete fiscal years and are counted in the totals above.
| Declaration | Declared | Households approved | Individual Assistance | Public Assistance obligated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR-4933-INMajor disaster · Flood | Aug 25, 2026Incident period Aug 11 to 24, 2026 | 36,505of 63,908 registered | $156.6M | $6M |
| EM-3651-INEmergency · Flood | Aug 15, 2026 | None reported | None reported | None reported yet |
| EM-3641-INEmergency · Winter Storm | Jan 24, 2026Incident period Jan 23 to 27, 2026 | None reported | None reported | None reported yet |
DR-4933-IN has already approved 36,505 households for assistance, more than three times as many as any other Indiana disaster in FEMA's household assistance data, which begins in 2002. The previous high was DR-1795-IN in 2008, with 11,101. COVID-19 funeral assistance is left out of this comparison.
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
$549M has been obligated to Indiana in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$250M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $19M followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $280M, or 51% 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
- Severe Storm 18
- Flood 4
- Snowstorm 3
- Biological 2
- Winter Storm 1
- Tornado 1
- Hurricane 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
Showing 30 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026 | DR-4933-IN | DR | Flood | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Aug 15, 2026 | EM-3651-IN | EM | Flood | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Jan 24, 2026 | EM-3641-IN | EM | Winter Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| 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.
| Assistance type | Approved amount |
|---|---|
| Repair and replacement | $190M |
| Rental assistance | $30M |
| Other needs | $182M |
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.
| 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 16.7%. 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 |
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.