Warren 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: Warren 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)
Sep 2026
Most recent
$6.1M
Federal PA obligated (top: debris removal)
The federal disaster record for Warren County runs between 2004 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 $6.1 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for debris removal.
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 19181
CDC / ATSDR
Social Vulnerability Index
2022 county-level SVI
7.4
overall percentile nationally
Approximately 7.4% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.
Socioeconomic status1.4
Household characteristics23.9
Racial and ethnic minority status16.5
Housing type and transportation37.6
Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation
FEMA
National Risk Index
December 2025
36.1
overall risk score
Very Low
Expected annual loss$18.7MRelatively Low
NRI social vulnerability10.6Very Low
Community resilience91.3Very 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
Debris removal(A)
24
$3,948,829
Water control facilities(D)
5
$559,449
Utilities(F)
13
$527,595
Parks and recreation(G)
30
$451,816
Emergency protective measures(B)
25
$304,272
Roads and bridges(C)
19
$212,207
Buildings and equipment(E)
8
$65,543
Management costs(Z)
2
$2,829
All categories
126
$6,072,540
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 10-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 94 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$191K
184 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding 2018$262K
184 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding 2015$143K
82 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding 2013$6K
91 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes 2010$310K
98 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding 2008$4.9M
78 days to first federal obligation
Declared1 yr2 yr3 yr4 yr5 yr6 yr7 yr8 yr9 yr10 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.
699
valid registrations
435
households approved
$1,211,891
total IHP approved
Assistance type
Approved amount
Repair and replacement
$936,533
Rental assistance
$99,263
Other needs
$175,105
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.
$338,637
federal mitigation share
6
funded projects
Program
Projects
Federal share obligated
Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM)
3
$187,072
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)
3
$151,565
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.
18
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 Warren 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
Aug 20, 2018
DR-4386-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
Hurricane
Sep 10, 2005
EM-3239-IA
EM
Severe Storm
May 25, 2004
DR-1518-IA
DR
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
Aug 20, 2018
DR-4386-IA
DR
Severe Storm
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
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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