Disaster Data / States / Minnesota / Lake of the Woods County
CountyLake of the Woods County recorded 9 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 7 major disasters, 2 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is flood.
Highlighted: Lake of the Woods County, MN
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 Lake of the Woods County runs between 2001 and 2023, covering 9 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Storms And Flooding in 2023. The hazards behind these declarations were most often flood, severe storm, and biological. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $3.6 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for roads and bridges.
Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.
Approximately 4.2% 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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Roads and bridges(C) | 38 | $1,953,798 |
| Utilities(F) | 4 | $769,730 |
| Water control facilities(D) | 7 | $468,079 |
| Parks and recreation(G) | 8 | $191,837 |
| Emergency protective measures(B) | 7 | $170,549 |
| Management costs(Z) | 2 | $46,616 |
| Buildings and equipment(E) | 2 | $6,462 |
| Debris removal(A) | 1 | $3,652 |
| All categories | 69 | $3,610,723 |
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 110 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM) | 1 | $24,769 |
Every local hazard mitigation plan must document previous occurrences of each hazard. Here is that record for Lake of the Woods County, sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.
| Hazard | Date | FEMA declaration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flood | Jul 19, 2023 | DR-4722-MN | DR |
| Flood | Jul 13, 2022 | DR-4659-MN | DR |
| Biological | Apr 7, 2020 | DR-4531-MN | DR |
| Biological | Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3453-MN | EM |
| Flood | Jul 21, 2014 | DR-4182-MN | DR |
| Severe Storm | Apr 9, 2009 | DR-1830-MN | DR |
| Hurricane | Sep 13, 2005 | EM-3242-MN | EM |
| Severe Storm | Jun 14, 2002 | DR-1419-MN | DR |
| Flood | May 16, 2001 | DR-1370-MN | DR |
DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance
Showing 9 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2023 | DR-4722-MN | DR | Flood | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Jul 13, 2022 | DR-4659-MN | DR | Flood | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Apr 7, 2020 | DR-4531-MN | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3453-MN | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Jul 21, 2014 | DR-4182-MN | DR | Flood | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides |
| Apr 9, 2009 | DR-1830-MN | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Sep 13, 2005 | EM-3242-MN | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| Jun 14, 2002 | DR-1419-MN | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding And Tornadoes |
| May 16, 2001 | DR-1370-MN | DR | Flood | Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes |
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 Minnesota'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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