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Louisiana: Federal Disaster Declarations

Louisiana has recorded 64 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 35 major disasters, 24 emergencies, and 5 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is hurricane. It ranks #16 nationally by total declarations.

64
Declarations since FY2000
35
Major disasters (DR)
24
Emergencies (EM)
5
Fire management (FM)
17
Requests denied
21.0%
Denial rate
#16
National rank by declarations
18.5
Avg days to a decision

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Most common hazards

All declarations on record

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

Showing 64 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Sep 16, 2024DR-4817-LADRHurricaneHurricane Francine
Sep 10, 2024EM-3614-LAEMHurricaneTropical Storm Francine
Sep 27, 2023EM-3600-LAEMOtherSeawater Intrusion
Aug 30, 2023FM-5486-LAFMFireHighway 113 Fire
Aug 27, 2023FM-5485-LAFMFireLions Camp Road Fire
Aug 25, 2023FM-5484-LAFMFireIda Fire
Aug 23, 2023FM-5482-LAFMFireTiger Island Fire
Sep 13, 2021EM-3574-LAEMCoastal StormTropical Storm Nicholas
Aug 29, 2021DR-4611-LADRHurricaneHurricane Ida
Aug 27, 2021EM-3568-LAEMHurricaneTropical Storm Ida
Jun 2, 2021DR-4606-LADRFloodSevere Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Mar 9, 2021DR-4590-LADRSevere Ice StormSevere Winter Storms
Feb 18, 2021EM-3556-LAEMSevere Ice StormSevere Winter Storm
Jan 12, 2021DR-4577-LADRHurricaneHurricane Zeta
Oct 27, 2020EM-3549-LAEMHurricaneTropical Storm Zeta
Oct 16, 2020DR-4570-LADRHurricaneHurricane Delta
Oct 7, 2020EM-3547-LAEMHurricaneHurricane Delta
Sep 14, 2020EM-3543-LAEMHurricaneHurricane Sally
Aug 28, 2020DR-4559-LADRHurricaneHurricane Laura
Aug 23, 2020EM-3538-LAEMHurricaneTropical Storms Laura And Marco
Jun 7, 2020EM-3527-LAEMCoastal StormTropical Storm Cristobal
Mar 24, 2020DR-4484-LADRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3459-LAEMBiologicalCovid-19
Mar 13, 2020EM-3522-LAEMBiologicalCovid-19
Sep 19, 2019DR-4462-LADRFloodFlooding
Aug 27, 2019DR-4458-LADRHurricaneHurricane Barry
Jul 11, 2019EM-3416-LAEMCoastal StormTropical Storm Barry
Jun 3, 2019DR-4439-LADRSevere StormSevere Storms And Tornadoes
May 29, 2019EM-3413-LAEMFloodFlooding
Oct 16, 2017DR-4345-LADRHurricaneTropical Storm Harvey
Oct 6, 2017EM-3392-LAEMHurricaneTropical Storm Nate
Aug 28, 2017EM-3382-LAEMHurricaneTropical Storm Harvey
Feb 11, 2017DR-4300-LADRTornadoSevere Storms, Tornadoes, And Straight-Line Winds
Aug 14, 2016DR-4277-LADRFloodSevere Storms And Flooding
Mar 13, 2016DR-4263-LADRFloodSevere Storms And Flooding
Feb 5, 2016EM-3376-LAEMFloodFlooding
Jul 13, 2015DR-4228-LADRFloodSevere Storms And Flooding
Feb 22, 2013DR-4102-LADRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Aug 29, 2012DR-4080-LADRHurricaneHurricane Isaac
Aug 27, 2012EM-3347-LAEMHurricaneTropical Storm Isaac
Oct 28, 2011DR-4041-LADRCoastal StormTropical Storm Lee
Aug 18, 2011DR-4015-LADRFloodFlooding
May 6, 2011EM-3322-LAEMFloodFlooding
Dec 10, 2009DR-1863-LADRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Sep 13, 2008DR-1792-LADRHurricaneHurricane Ike
Sep 11, 2008EM-3295-LAEMHurricaneHurricane Ike
Sep 2, 2008DR-1786-LADRHurricaneHurricane Gustav
Aug 29, 2008EM-3289-LAEMHurricaneHurricane Gustav
Feb 23, 2007DR-1685-LADRSevere StormSevere Storms And Tornadoes
Nov 2, 2006DR-1668-LADRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Sep 24, 2005DR-1607-LADRHurricaneHurricane Rita
Sep 21, 2005EM-3260-LAEMHurricaneHurricane Rita
Aug 29, 2005DR-1603-LADRHurricaneHurricane Katrina
Aug 27, 2005EM-3212-LAEMHurricaneHurricane Katrina
Aug 23, 2005DR-1601-LADRSevere StormTropical Storm Cindy
Sep 15, 2004DR-1548-LADRHurricaneHurricane Ivan
Jun 8, 2004DR-1521-LADRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Feb 1, 2003EM-3172-LAEMOtherLoss Of Space Shuttle Columbia
Oct 3, 2002DR-1437-LADRHurricaneHurricane Lili
Sep 27, 2002DR-1435-LADRHurricaneTropical Storm Isidore
Jun 11, 2001DR-1380-LADRCoastal StormTropical Storm Allison
Jan 12, 2001DR-1357-LADRSevere Ice StormSevere Winter Ice Storm
Sep 11, 2000FM-2337-LAFMFireLa-Western Louisiana Fire Complex-9/8/00
Feb 15, 2000DR-1314-LADRSnowstormSevere Winter Storm

Denied requests

FEMA turned down 17 declaration requests from Louisiana since FY2000, a denial rate of 21.0%. Denials are tracked in a separate FEMA dataset from approved declarations.

DateTypeHazard
Jan 2, 2025EmergencyTerrorist
Jul 10, 2020Major DisasterTornado
Apr 25, 2020Major DisasterTornado
Jun 29, 2018Major DisasterFlood
May 12, 2018Major DisasterSevere Storm
Mar 18, 2016Major DisasterSevere Storm
Mar 2, 2016Major DisasterFlood
May 1, 2012Major DisasterSevere Storm
Apr 26, 2012Major DisasterSevere Storm
Mar 18, 2011Major DisasterTornado
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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.

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