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Missouri: Federal Disaster Declarations
Missouri has recorded 49 major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 8 emergency declarations and 1 fire management declarations, 58 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm. It ranks #6 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
Past 12 months
Recent declarations and aid so far
Missouri has had 3 federal declarations in the past 12 months. The figures are what FEMA has reported to date and grow as recovery continues. All of them fall in complete fiscal years and are counted in the totals above.
| Declaration | Declared | Households approved | Individual Assistance | Public Assistance obligated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR-4939-MOMajor disaster · Severe Storm | Sep 1, 2026Incident period Jul 9 to 11, 2026 | None reported | None reported | None reported yet |
| DR-4929-MOMajor disaster · Severe Storm | Aug 3, 2026Incident period Jun 4 to 18, 2026 | None reported | None reported | $585K |
| DR-4924-MOMajor disaster · Severe Storm | Jun 30, 2026Incident period Apr 23 to 28, 2026 | None reported | None reported | $496K |
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.
Federal Public Assistance obligated
$2.5B has been obligated to Missouri in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$1.3B followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $12M followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $1.2B, or 47% 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 40
- Flood 8
- Severe Ice Storm 6
- Biological 2
- Hurricane 1
- Fire 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 58 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | DR-4939-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Aug 3, 2026 | DR-4929-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Jun 30, 2026 | DR-4924-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Jul 22, 2025 | DR-4885-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Jun 9, 2025 | DR-4876-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Jun 9, 2025 | DR-4877-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| May 21, 2025 | DR-4872-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| May 21, 2025 | DR-4867-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Wildfires |
| Jan 1, 2025 | DR-4855-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Jul 23, 2024 | DR-4803-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Sep 21, 2023 | DR-4741-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Aug 8, 2022 | DR-4665-MO | DR | Flood | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Jan 10, 2022 | DR-4636-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Tornadoes |
| Sep 1, 2021 | DR-4612-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Jul 9, 2020 | DR-4552-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Mar 26, 2020 | DR-4490-MO | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3482-MO | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Jul 9, 2019 | DR-4451-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| May 20, 2019 | DR-4435-MO | DR | Flood | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Jun 2, 2017 | DR-4317-MO | DR | Flood | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds And Flooding |
| Jan 21, 2016 | DR-4250-MO | DR | Flood | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Jan 2, 2016 | EM-3374-MO | EM | Flood | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Aug 7, 2015 | DR-4238-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Oct 31, 2014 | DR-4200-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Sep 6, 2013 | DR-4144-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds And Flooding |
| Jul 18, 2013 | DR-4130-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Aug 12, 2011 | DR-4012-MO | DR | Flood | Flooding |
| Jun 30, 2011 | EM-3325-MO | EM | Flood | Flooding |
| May 9, 2011 | DR-1980-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Mar 23, 2011 | DR-1961-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm |
| Feb 3, 2011 | EM-3317-MO | EM | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| Aug 17, 2010 | DR-1934-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes |
| Jun 19, 2009 | DR-1847-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Feb 17, 2009 | DR-1822-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| Jan 30, 2009 | EM-3303-MO | EM | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| Nov 13, 2008 | DR-1809-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, And A Tornado |
| Jun 25, 2008 | DR-1773-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| May 23, 2008 | DR-1760-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Tornadoes |
| Mar 19, 2008 | DR-1749-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Mar 12, 2008 | DR-1748-MO | DR | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storms And Flooding |
| Feb 5, 2008 | DR-1742-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Dec 27, 2007 | DR-1736-MO | DR | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storms |
| Dec 12, 2007 | EM-3281-MO | EM | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storms |
| Sep 21, 2007 | DR-1728-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Jun 11, 2007 | DR-1708-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Jan 15, 2007 | DR-1676-MO | DR | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storms And Flooding |
| Dec 29, 2006 | DR-1673-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storms |
| Nov 2, 2006 | DR-1667-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms |
| Jul 21, 2006 | EM-3267-MO | EM | Severe Storm | Severe Storms |
| Apr 5, 2006 | DR-1635-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Mar 16, 2006 | DR-1631-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding |
| Sep 10, 2005 | EM-3232-MO | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| Jun 11, 2004 | DR-1524-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| May 6, 2003 | DR-1463-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| May 6, 2002 | DR-1412-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding |
| Feb 6, 2002 | DR-1403-MO | DR | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Ice Storm |
| May 12, 2000 | DR-1328-MO | DR | Flood | Severe Thunderstorms And Flash Flooding |
| Mar 9, 2000 | FM-2292-MO | FM | Fire | Camden Fire Complex |
Individual Assistance to households
FEMA Individual Assistance to households across Missouri, 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 | $138M |
| Rental assistance | $43M |
| Other needs | $134M |
Hazard mitigation funded
Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated across Missouri 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) | 503 | $357M |
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) | 64 | $55M |
| Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) | 8 | $10M |
| Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) | 42 | $9M |
| Repetitive Flood Claims (RFC) | 3 | $1M |
| Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation (LPDM) | 5 | $1M |
| Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL) | 1 | $155K |
Denied requests
FEMA turned down 6 declaration requests from Missouri since FY2000, a declaration-request denial rate of 9.4%. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2025 | Emergency | Severe Storm |
| Mar 7, 2012 | Major Disaster | Severe Storm |
| Jan 14, 2011 | Major Disaster | Severe Storm |
| May 15, 2008 | Major Disaster | Severe Storm |
| Jul 3, 2007 | Major Disaster | Severe Storm |
| Sep 28, 2006 | Major Disaster | Severe Storm |
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.