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Huntington County, Indiana

Huntington County recorded 7 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 5 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 12 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm.

Highlighted: Huntington County, IN

Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 26, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals

7
Major disasters
5
Emergency declarations
0
Fire management grants
12
All declarations on record
Jan 2026
Most recent
$1.0M
Federal PA obligated (top: emergency protective measures)

The federal disaster record for Huntington County runs between 2001 and 2026, covering 12 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, biological, and snowstorm. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $1.0 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for emergency protective measures.

Past 12 months

Recent declarations and aid so far

Huntington County has been named in 1 federal declaration in the past 12 months. The figures are what FEMA has reported for Huntington County to date and grow as recovery continues. It falls in a complete fiscal year and is counted in the totals above.

DeclarationDeclaredHouseholds approvedIndividual AssistancePublic Assistance obligated
EM-3641-INEmergency · Winter StormJan 24, 2026Incident period Jan 23 to 27, 2026None reportedNone reportedNone 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, with the same figures for every place it covers.

Risk and vulnerability context

Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.

County FIPS 18069
CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI
13.6
overall percentile nationally

Approximately 13.6% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status17.7
Household characteristics20.5
Racial and ethnic minority status11.5
Housing type and transportation24.3

Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025
38.2
overall risk score
Very Low
Expected annual loss$13.8MVery Low
NRI social vulnerability22.4Relatively Low
Community resilience89.6Very High

The NRI combines expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience to describe relative natural-hazard risk. FEMA NRI documentation

About these measures: CDC Social Vulnerability Index and FEMA National Risk Index Social Vulnerability are separate measures built with different methods. They are shown side by side for context and should not be interpreted as equivalent scores.

Federal Public Assistance obligated

$1M has been obligated to Huntington County in Public Assistance since FY2000.

$176K followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $96K followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $770K, or 74% of the total, was COVID-19, which every county in the country received.

Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out.

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.

CategoryProjectsFederal share obligated
Emergency protective measures(B)20$937,570
Utilities(F)3$33,853
Roads and bridges(C)4$33,405
Management costs(Z)1$33,400
Buildings and equipment(E)2$2,346
Debris removal(A)1$1,413
All categories31$1,041,987

Recovery funding, how fast it came

For each disaster, the wait from the declaration to the first federal obligation (amber), then the federal share obligating after that (teal), on a shared 6-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 72 days. An obligation is the federal share committed to the recipient state, not funds disbursed to the locality, which comes later and is not shown.

Covid-19 Pandemic 2020$770K
573 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm 2014$95K
92 days to first federal obligation
Snow 2007$72K
37 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storms And Flooding 2005$28K
62 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding 2003$54K
82 days to first federal obligation
Snow 2001$24K
42 days to first federal obligation
Declared1 yr2 yr3 yr4 yr5 yr6 yr

Assistance to households (Individual Assistance)

FEMA Individual Assistance to households in this jurisdiction, combined across the Housing Assistance owner and renter programs. Valid registrations are households that applied within a designated Individual Assistance area; approved counts and dollars are the households FEMA found eligible under the Individuals and Households Program. Figures are self-reported and drawn from NEMIS through OpenFEMA, not audited, and Individual Assistance exists only for disasters where it was designated, so many jurisdictions show none.

124
valid registrations
87
households approved
$402,311
total IHP approved
Assistance typeApproved amount
Repair and replacement$100,101
Rental assistance$17,188
Other needs$284,965

Hazard mitigation, what has been funded here

Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated to this jurisdiction to reduce future disaster losses, across the FEMA mitigation programs. This is the record of past mitigation investment a local hazard mitigation plan documents. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited, and are separate from the Public Assistance funding above.

$410,018
federal mitigation share
1
funded project
13
properties mitigated
ProgramProjectsFederal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)1$410,018

State declarations (governor)

Emergency declarations issued by the governor of this state, which are separate from and usually precede a federal declaration. A declaration is listed here when NOAA Storm Events recorded reports of the matched hazard in this jurisdiction while the order was in effect. That is evidence of local impact during a declared state emergency. It is not a statement that the governor named this jurisdiction in the order, since most state declarations apply statewide and name no localities at all. Hazard categories come from the order text. Damage figures are NOAA storm report estimates for this jurisdiction only, not the cost of the declaration.

6
state declarations with local storm evidence
35
statewide on record

Archive coverage for Indiana: 2000-present via current + historical governor archives; Pence-era (2013-2017) page structure not yet independently re-verified

Source: state executive order archives collected by DisasterData Plus, joined to NOAA Storm Events. See the Plus overview for per-state coverage and method.

Most common hazards

Every declaration 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 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.

Showing 12 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Jan 24, 2026EM-3641-INEMWinter StormSevere Winter Storm
Apr 3, 2020DR-4515-INDRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3456-INEMBiologicalCovid-19
Apr 22, 2014DR-4173-INDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm And Snowstorm
Jun 8, 2008DR-1766-INDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes
Jan 30, 2008DR-1740-INDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Mar 12, 2007EM-3274-INEMSnowstormSnow
Sep 10, 2005EM-3238-INEMHurricaneHurricane Katrina Evacuation
Jan 21, 2005DR-1573-INDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storms And Flooding
Jun 3, 2004DR-1520-INDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Jul 11, 2003DR-1476-INDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Jan 24, 2001EM-3162-INEMSnowstormSnow
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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 Indiana'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). Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in the tables on this page but are not counted in the totals until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.

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