Iowa: Federal Disaster Declarations

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

Iowa has recorded 45 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 41 major disasters, 4 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is severe storm. It ranks #32 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

15.1%

Declaration-request denial rate

#32

National rank by declarations

38.5

Avg days to a decision

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Most common hazards

Severe Storm 28
Flood 9
Biological 3
Winter Storm 1
Tornado 1
Severe Ice Storm 1
Snowstorm 1
Hurricane 1

All declarations on record

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

Showing 45 declarations

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
May 21, 2025	DR-4870-IA	DR	Winter Storm	Severe Winter Storm
Jun 24, 2024	DR-4796-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, And Tornadoes
May 24, 2024	DR-4784-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
May 14, 2024	DR-4779-IA	DR	Tornado	Severe Storms And Tornadoes
Aug 25, 2023	DR-4732-IA	DR	Flood	Flooding
Feb 23, 2022	DR-4642-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Tornadoes
Sep 10, 2020	DR-4561-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Straight-Line Winds
Aug 17, 2020	DR-4557-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms
Mar 23, 2020	DR-4483-IA	DR	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3480-IA	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3524-IA	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Apr 29, 2019	DR-4430-IA	DR	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding
Mar 23, 2019	DR-4421-IA	DR	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding
Sep 12, 2018	DR-4392-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storm And Tornadoes
Aug 20, 2018	DR-4386-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Aug 27, 2017	DR-4334-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Oct 31, 2016	DR-4289-IA	DR	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding
Sep 29, 2016	DR-4281-IA	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Jul 31, 2015	DR-4234-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Aug 5, 2014	DR-4187-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Jul 24, 2014	DR-4184-IA	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Jul 14, 2014	DR-4181-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Jul 31, 2013	DR-4135-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Jul 2, 2013	DR-4126-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
May 31, 2013	DR-4119-IA	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
May 6, 2013	DR-4114-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storm
Aug 30, 2011	DR-4018-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Aug 24, 2011	DR-4016-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Jun 27, 2011	DR-1998-IA	DR	Flood	Flooding
May 5, 2011	DR-1977-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Straight-Line Winds
Jul 29, 2010	DR-1930-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes
Jul 27, 2010	DR-1928-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Mar 2, 2010	DR-1880-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storm
Feb 25, 2010	DR-1877-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storms And Snowstorm
Aug 13, 2009	DR-1854-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storm
May 27, 2008	DR-1763-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Jan 4, 2008	DR-1737-IA	DR	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storm
Sep 14, 2007	DR-1727-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
May 25, 2007	DR-1705-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes
Mar 30, 2007	EM-3275-IA	EM	Snowstorm	Snow
Mar 14, 2007	DR-1688-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storms
Sep 10, 2005	EM-3239-IA	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation
May 25, 2004	DR-1518-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Jun 19, 2002	DR-1420-IA	DR	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding
May 2, 2001	DR-1367-IA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding

Individual Assistance to households

FEMA Individual Assistance to households across Iowa, 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.

96,403

Valid registrations

54,797

Households approved

$312M

Total IHP approved

Assistance type	Approved amount
Repair and replacement	$205M
Rental assistance	$26M
Other needs	$81M

Hazard mitigation funded

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

$579M

Federal mitigation share

1,136

Projects funded

3,502

Properties mitigated

Program	Projects	Federal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)	886	$555M
Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation (LPDM)	6	$11M
Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM)	194	$10M
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)	10	$2M
Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)	40	$1M

Denied requests

FEMA turned down 8 declaration requests from Iowa since FY2000, a declaration-request denial rate of 15.1%. 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
Feb 13, 2024	Major Disaster	Winter Storm
Jun 20, 2023	Major Disaster	Other
Jun 6, 2023	Emergency	Other
Jun 17, 2015	Major Disaster	Other
Jun 5, 2007	Major Disaster	Severe Storm
Apr 19, 2006	Major Disaster	Severe Storm
Nov 21, 2005	Major Disaster	Tornado
Oct 4, 2004	Major Disaster	Severe Storm

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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.