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Minnesota: Federal Disaster Declarations
Minnesota has recorded 30 major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 7 emergency declarations and 3 fire management declarations, 40 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm. It ranks #26 nationally by major disasters.
Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 25, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
Federal Public Assistance obligated
$1.1B has been obligated to Minnesota in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$553M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $6M followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $552M, or 50% of the total, was COVID-19, which every state and county in the country received.
Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out. Totals are summed from funded localities, so a declaration administered entirely at state level may not appear here.
Most common hazards
- Severe Storm 16
- Flood 13
- Biological 4
- Fire 3
- Straight-Line Winds 1
- Tornado 1
- Other 1
- Hurricane 1
All declarations on record
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 state and 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.
DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance
Showing 40 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2025 | DR-4894-MN | DR | Straight-Line Winds | Severe Storms And Straight-Line Winds |
| May 14, 2025 | FM-5583-MN | FM | Fire | Munger Shaw Fire |
| Jun 28, 2024 | DR-4797-MN | DR | Flood | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Jul 19, 2023 | DR-4722-MN | DR | Flood | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Aug 9, 2022 | DR-4666-MN | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Jul 13, 2022 | DR-4659-MN | DR | Flood | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Jul 8, 2022 | DR-4658-MN | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Apr 7, 2020 | DR-4531-MN | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3453-MN | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3508-MN | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3503-MN | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Jun 12, 2019 | DR-4442-MN | DR | Flood | Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Feb 1, 2019 | DR-4414-MN | DR | Flood | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Sep 5, 2018 | DR-4390-MN | DR | Flood | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Nov 2, 2016 | DR-4290-MN | DR | Flood | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Jul 21, 2014 | DR-4182-MN | DR | Flood | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides |
| Jul 25, 2013 | DR-4131-MN | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| May 3, 2013 | DR-4113-MN | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| Jul 6, 2012 | DR-4069-MN | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Jul 28, 2011 | DR-4009-MN | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes |
| Jun 7, 2011 | DR-1990-MN | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Tornadoes |
| May 10, 2011 | DR-1982-MN | DR | Flood | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Oct 13, 2010 | DR-1941-MN | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Jul 2, 2010 | DR-1921-MN | DR | Tornado | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Apr 19, 2010 | DR-1900-MN | DR | Flood | Flooding |
| Mar 19, 2010 | EM-3310-MN | EM | Flood | Flooding |
| Apr 9, 2009 | DR-1830-MN | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Mar 26, 2009 | EM-3304-MN | EM | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Jun 25, 2008 | DR-1772-MN | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Aug 23, 2007 | DR-1717-MN | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Aug 21, 2007 | EM-3278-MN | EM | Other | Bridge Collapse |
| Jun 5, 2006 | DR-1648-MN | DR | Flood | Flooding |
| Jan 4, 2006 | DR-1622-MN | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| Sep 13, 2005 | EM-3242-MN | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| Oct 7, 2004 | DR-1569-MN | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Jun 14, 2002 | DR-1419-MN | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding And Tornadoes |
| Jun 1, 2002 | FM-2409-MN | FM | Fire | Mn - By-Pass Fire - 05/31/2002 |
| May 16, 2001 | DR-1370-MN | DR | Flood | Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes |
| Oct 20, 2000 | FM-2345-MN | FM | Fire | Mn - Carlos Edge Fire Complex - 10/19/2000 |
| Jun 27, 2000 | DR-1333-MN | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
Individual Assistance to households
FEMA Individual Assistance to households across Minnesota, combined across the Housing Assistance owner and renter programs. Valid registrations are households that applied within a designated Individual Assistance area; approved figures are those FEMA found eligible under the Individuals and Households Program. Self-reported, drawn from NEMIS through OpenFEMA, and present only where Individual Assistance was designated.
| Assistance type | Approved amount |
|---|---|
| Repair and replacement | $35M |
| Rental assistance | $2M |
| Other needs | $47M |
Hazard mitigation funded
Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated across Minnesota to reduce future disaster losses, by program. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited.
| Program | Projects | Federal share obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) | 496 | $138M |
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) | 39 | $8M |
| Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) | 8 | $3M |
| Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation (LPDM) | 5 | $2M |
| Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) | 1 | $288K |
Denied requests
FEMA turned down 4 declaration requests from Minnesota since FY2000, a declaration-request denial rate of 9.1%. This is the President denying a governor or tribal leader's request for a declaration, tracked in a separate FEMA dataset from approved declarations, and is not the same thing as an individual being denied assistance under an approved declaration.
| Date | Type | Hazard |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2026 | Major Disaster | Flood |
| Nov 30, 2025 | Major Disaster | Fire |
| Sep 30, 2021 | Major Disaster | Tornado |
| Jul 2, 2020 | Major Disaster | Civil Unrest |
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, ranks, and rates on this page cover complete fiscal years only. Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in each state's declaration tables and its recent-declarations panel, but are not counted in any total until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.