Marion County recorded 10 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 8 major disasters, 2 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is severe storm.
Highlighted: Marion County, IA
Totals: FY2000–FY2025 · Page last rebuilt Sep 12, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
10
Declarations since FY2000
8
Major disasters (DR)
2
Emergencies (EM)
0
Fire management (FM)
Mar 2020
Most recent
$3.8M
Federal PA obligated (top: roads and bridges)
The federal disaster record for Marion County runs between 2005 and 2020, covering 10 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 severe ice storm. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $3.8 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for roads and bridges.
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 19125
CDC / ATSDR
Social Vulnerability Index
2022 county-level SVI
9.9
overall percentile nationally
Approximately 9.9% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.
Socioeconomic status2.5
Household characteristics27.8
Racial and ethnic minority status10.9
Housing type and transportation43.8
Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation
FEMA
National Risk Index
December 2025
34.4
overall risk score
Very Low
Expected annual loss$14.2MVery Low
NRI social vulnerability13.4Very Low
Community resilience96.8Very 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 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.
Category
Projects
Federal share obligated
Roads and bridges(C)
103
$1,537,896
Emergency protective measures(B)
38
$1,467,883
Debris removal(A)
25
$504,519
Utilities(F)
8
$111,565
Parks and recreation(G)
4
$69,363
Buildings and equipment(E)
7
$31,210
Management costs(Z)
2
$30,890
All categories
187
$3,753,326
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 5-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 74 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$1.2M
70 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding 2015$249K
108 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding 2013$67K
63 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes 2010$929K
78 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding 2008$689K
93 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storm 2008$499K
39 days to first federal obligation
Declared1 yr2 yr3 yr4 yr5 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.
777
valid registrations
460
households approved
$1,339,994
total IHP approved
Assistance type
Approved amount
Repair and replacement
$900,678
Rental assistance
$65,525
Other needs
$373,791
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.
$1,443,015
federal mitigation share
9
funded projects
Program
Projects
Federal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)
8
$1,420,515
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities(BRIC)
1
$22,500
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.
19
state declarations with local storm evidence
54
statewide on record
Archive coverage for Iowa: 2024-present HSEMD proclamation tables; 2000-2023 not collected.; Collection failed: Iowa adapter: scrape failed
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
Severe Storm 5
Biological 2
Severe Ice Storm 1
Flood 1
Hurricane 1
Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan
Every local hazard mitigation plan must document previous occurrences of each hazard. Here is that record for Marion County, sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.
Hazard
Date
FEMA declaration
Type
Biological
Mar 23, 2020
DR-4483-IA
DR
Biological
Mar 13, 2020
EM-3480-IA
EM
Severe Storm
Sep 12, 2018
DR-4392-IA
DR
Severe Storm
Jul 31, 2015
DR-4234-IA
DR
Flood
May 31, 2013
DR-4119-IA
DR
Severe Storm
Jul 29, 2010
DR-1930-IA
DR
Severe Storm
May 27, 2008
DR-1763-IA
DR
Severe Ice Storm
Jan 4, 2008
DR-1737-IA
DR
Severe Storm
Mar 14, 2007
DR-1688-IA
DR
Hurricane
Sep 10, 2005
EM-3239-IA
EM
Every declaration on record
DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance
Showing 10 declarations
Date
Number
Type
Hazard
Title
Mar 23, 2020
DR-4483-IA
DR
Biological
Covid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020
EM-3480-IA
EM
Biological
Covid-19
Sep 12, 2018
DR-4392-IA
DR
Severe Storm
Severe Storm And Tornadoes
Jul 31, 2015
DR-4234-IA
DR
Severe Storm
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
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 Iowa'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); the 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.
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