Disaster Data / States / Maryland / Baltimore (city)
Independent cityBaltimore (city) recorded 14 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 9 major disasters, 5 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is hurricane.
Highlighted: Baltimore (city), MD
Totals: FY2000–FY2025 · Page last rebuilt Sep 12, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
The federal disaster record for Baltimore (city) runs between 2000 and 2020, 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 hurricane, severe storm, and snowstorm. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $368.2 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for emergency protective measures.
Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.
Approximately 85.7% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.
Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation
The NRI combines expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience to describe relative natural-hazard risk. FEMA NRI documentation
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency protective measures(B) | 362 | $353,505,645 |
| Management costs(Z) | 7 | $8,037,864 |
| Buildings and equipment(E) | 73 | $3,380,482 |
| Debris removal(A) | 19 | $2,223,054 |
| Parks and recreation(G) | 16 | $940,401 |
| Water control facilities(D) | 2 | $147,398 |
| Roads and bridges(C) | 2 | $6,204 |
| Utilities(F) | 1 | $4,888 |
| All categories | 482 | $368,245,936 |
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 7-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 91 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.
Every local hazard mitigation plan must document previous occurrences of each hazard. Here is that record for Baltimore (city), sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.
| Hazard | Date | FEMA declaration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biological | Mar 26, 2020 | DR-4491-MD | DR |
| Biological | Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3430-MD | EM |
| Snowstorm | Mar 4, 2016 | DR-4261-MD | DR |
| Hurricane | Nov 20, 2012 | DR-4091-MD | DR |
| Hurricane | Oct 28, 2012 | EM-3349-MD | EM |
| Severe Storm | Aug 2, 2012 | DR-4075-MD | DR |
| Hurricane | Sep 16, 2011 | DR-4034-MD | DR |
| Hurricane | Aug 27, 2011 | EM-3335-MD | EM |
| Snowstorm | May 6, 2010 | DR-1910-MD | DR |
| Snowstorm | Feb 19, 2010 | DR-1875-MD | DR |
| Hurricane | Sep 13, 2005 | EM-3251-MD | EM |
| Hurricane | Sep 19, 2003 | DR-1492-MD | DR |
| Severe Storm | Mar 14, 2003 | EM-3179-MD | EM |
| Severe Storm | Apr 10, 2000 | DR-1324-MD | DR |
DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance
Showing 14 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2020 | DR-4491-MD | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3430-MD | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Mar 4, 2016 | DR-4261-MD | DR | Snowstorm | Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm |
| Nov 20, 2012 | DR-4091-MD | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Sandy |
| Oct 28, 2012 | EM-3349-MD | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Sandy |
| Aug 2, 2012 | DR-4075-MD | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Straight-Line Winds |
| Sep 16, 2011 | DR-4034-MD | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Irene |
| Aug 27, 2011 | EM-3335-MD | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Irene |
| May 6, 2010 | DR-1910-MD | DR | Snowstorm | Severe Winter Storms And Snowstorms |
| Feb 19, 2010 | DR-1875-MD | DR | Snowstorm | Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm |
| Sep 13, 2005 | EM-3251-MD | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| Sep 19, 2003 | DR-1492-MD | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Isabel |
| Mar 14, 2003 | EM-3179-MD | EM | Severe Storm | Snow |
| Apr 10, 2000 | DR-1324-MD | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
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 Maryland's statewide total. Independent cities are counted separately from the counties around them, matching how FEMA designates them. 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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