Disaster Data / States / Michigan / Benzie County
CountyBenzie County recorded 2 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 2 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 4 in all. Its most common hazard is biological.
Highlighted: Benzie County, MI
Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 26, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
The federal disaster record for Benzie County runs between 2005 and 2026, covering 4 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding in 2026. The hazards behind these declarations were most often biological, flood, and hurricane. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated $172,170 in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for emergency protective measures.
Past 12 months
Benzie County has been named in 1 federal declaration in the past 12 months. The figures are what FEMA has reported for Benzie County to date and grow as recovery continues. It falls in a complete fiscal year and is counted in the totals above.
| Declaration | Declared | Households approved | Individual Assistance | Public Assistance obligated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR-4925-MIMajor disaster · Flood | Jun 30, 2026Incident period Apr 10 to 21, 2026 | 7of 13 registered | $45K | $162K |
DR-4925-MI has approved 7 households for assistance so far, the first Benzie County disaster with approved households in FEMA's household assistance data, which begins in 2002. COVID-19 funeral assistance is left out of this comparison. Benzie County's 7 households are less than 1% of the 7,940 approved across Michigan under DR-4925-MI.
Individual Assistance is FEMA's Individuals and Households Program, from OpenFEMA's Housing Assistance data for owners and renters. Public Assistance is the obligated federal share from OpenFEMA's grant award activity, which usually starts posting weeks to months after a declaration. Select a declaration number to open its full event profile, with the same figures for every place it covers.
Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.
Approximately 8.2% 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
$172K has been obligated to Benzie County in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$162K followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $11K, or 6% of the total, was COVID-19, which every county in the country received.
Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out.
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) | 2 | $84,134 |
| Utilities(F) | 1 | $78,340 |
| Parks and recreation(G) | 1 | $5,859 |
| Management costs(Z) | 2 | $3,837 |
| All categories | 6 | $172,170 |
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 2-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 379 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.
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.
| Assistance type | Approved amount |
|---|---|
| Repair and replacement | $24,710 |
| Other needs | $45,733 |
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.
| Program | Projects | Federal share obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP) | 1 | $71,931 |
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.
Archive coverage for Michigan: 2019-present structured Governor archive; 2000-2018 not covered by the current Governor source
| Signed | Order | Declaration | Hazards reported here | Reported damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2025 | 2025-8 | Executive Order 2025-8: Declaration of State of Emergency — August 26, 2025 On July 23, 2025, a strong system of severe storms produced heavy rainfall of up to four inches over a four-hour period. | Thunderstorm Wind | Not reported |
| Aug 24, 2021 | 2021-12 | Executive Order 2021-12: Declaration of State of Emergency — 2021-12 Declaration of State of Emergency On August 11, 2021, two fast-moving storm systems swept through the lower peninsula of Michigan, bringing heavy rain and damaging winds that exceeded 60 miles an hour. | Thunderstorm Wind | $5,000 |
Source: state executive order archives collected by DisasterData Plus, joined to NOAA Storm Events. See the Plus overview for per-state coverage and method.
Major disaster (DR). The big one. Opens the full toolbox: repair money for public infrastructure, help for households, and mitigation funding to reduce the next loss.
Emergency (EM). Narrower and usually faster, for protective work before or during an incident. Capped, and rarely brings household assistance. Nearly every county has one from COVID-19.
Fire management (FM). Cost sharing to fight a wildfire as it burns. Not a disaster declaration, and it does not open recovery programs.
Showing 4 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | DR-4925-MI | DR | Flood | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Mar 27, 2020 | DR-4494-MI | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3455-MI | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Sep 7, 2005 | EM-3225-MI | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
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 Michigan'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). Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in the tables on this page but are not counted in the totals until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.
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