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Kosciusko County, Indiana

Kosciusko County recorded 8 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 6 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 14 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm.

Highlighted: Kosciusko County, IN

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

8
Major disasters
6
Emergency declarations
0
Fire management grants
14
All declarations on record
Aug 2026
Most recent
$1.2M
Federal PA obligated (top: emergency protective measures)

The federal disaster record for Kosciusko County runs between 2001 and 2026, covering 14 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, flood, and biological. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $1.2 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for emergency protective measures.

Past 12 months

Recent declarations and aid so far

Kosciusko County has been named in 2 federal declarations in the past 12 months. The figures are what FEMA has reported for Kosciusko County to date and grow as recovery continues. All of them fall in complete fiscal years and are counted in the totals above.

DeclarationDeclaredHouseholds approvedIndividual AssistancePublic Assistance obligated
EM-3651-INEmergency · FloodAug 15, 2026None reportedNone reportedNone reported yet
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 18085
CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI
39.3
overall percentile nationally

Approximately 39.3% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status31.4
Household characteristics58.0
Racial and ethnic minority status39.2
Housing type and transportation43.1

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

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025
66.3
overall risk score
Relatively Low
Expected annual loss$24.8MRelatively Low
NRI social vulnerability44.2Relatively Moderate
Community resilience79.1Relatively 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 Kosciusko County in Public Assistance since FY2000.

$777K followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $199K followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $178K, or 15% 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)40$604,895
Roads and bridges(C)14$252,814
Utilities(F)4$114,232
Buildings and equipment(E)11$101,972
Debris removal(A)4$49,405
Parks and recreation(G)2$16,181
Water control facilities(D)4$14,848
All categories79$1,154,347

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 4-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 71 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$178K
553 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm 2014$185K
83 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms And Flooding 2008$425K
126 days to first federal obligation
Snow 2007$83K
31 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding 2003$167K
59 days to first federal obligation
Snow 2001$116K
30 days to first federal obligation
Declared1 yr2 yr3 yr4 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.

345
valid registrations
236
households approved
$739,673
total IHP approved
Assistance typeApproved amount
Repair and replacement$278,144
Rental assistance$46,134
Other needs$413,920

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.

8
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 14 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Aug 15, 2026EM-3651-INEMFloodSevere Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Jan 24, 2026EM-3641-INEMWinter StormSevere Winter Storm
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
Apr 22, 2009DR-1832-INDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
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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