Benton County recorded 16 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 11 major disasters, 5 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is severe storm.
Highlighted: Benton County, MO
Totals: FY2000–FY2025 · Page last rebuilt Sep 12, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
16
Declarations since FY2000
11
Major disasters (DR)
5
Emergencies (EM)
0
Fire management (FM)
Sep 2023
Most recent
$1.4M
Federal PA obligated (top: parks and recreation)
The federal disaster record for Benton County runs between 2002 and 2023, covering 16 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding in 2023. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, severe ice storm, and biological. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $1.4 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for parks and recreation.
Risk and vulnerability context
Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.
County FIPS 29015
CDC / ATSDR
Social Vulnerability Index
2022 county-level SVI
53.6
overall percentile nationally
Approximately 53.6% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.
Socioeconomic status72.2
Household characteristics40.8
Racial and ethnic minority status17.5
Housing type and transportation48.3
Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation
FEMA
National Risk Index
December 2025
66.8
overall risk score
Relatively Low
Expected annual loss$16.9MRelatively Low
NRI social vulnerability89.2Very High
Community resilience24.4Relatively Low
The NRI combines expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience to describe relative natural-hazard risk. FEMA NRI documentation
About these measures: CDC Social Vulnerability Index and FEMA National Risk Index Social Vulnerability are separate measures built with different methods. They are shown side by side for context and should not be interpreted as equivalent scores.
Federal Public Assistance by category
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
Parks and recreation(G)
1
$622,640
Roads and bridges(C)
12
$542,732
Emergency protective measures(B)
20
$166,734
Debris removal(A)
6
$69,931
Buildings and equipment(E)
2
$7,141
All categories
41
$1,409,178
Recovery funding, how fast it came
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 5-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 114 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.
Covid-19 Pandemic 2020$23K
433 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding 2019$623K
395 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding 2015$545K
137 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm 2011$66K
65 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storms 2007$78K
40 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storms And Flooding 2007$74K
92 days to first federal obligation
Declared1 yr2 yr3 yr4 yr5 yr
Assistance to households (Individual Assistance)
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.
36
valid registrations
29
households approved
$185,829
total IHP approved
Assistance type
Approved amount
Repair and replacement
$2,293
Other needs
$183,536
State declarations (governor)
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.
23
state declarations with local storm evidence
83
statewide on record
Archive coverage for Missouri: 2000-present Secretary of State year indexes and legal order text.; Collection failed: Missouri adapter: scrape failed
Source: state executive order archives collected by DisasterData Plus, joined to NOAA Storm Events. See the Plus overview for per-state coverage and method.
Most common hazards
Severe Storm 8
Severe Ice Storm 5
Biological 2
Hurricane 1
Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan
Every local hazard mitigation plan must document previous occurrences of each hazard. Here is that record for Benton County, sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.
Hazard
Date
FEMA declaration
Type
Severe Storm
Sep 21, 2023
DR-4741-MO
DR
Biological
Mar 26, 2020
DR-4490-MO
DR
Biological
Mar 13, 2020
EM-3482-MO
EM
Severe Storm
Jul 9, 2019
DR-4451-MO
DR
Severe Storm
Aug 7, 2015
DR-4238-MO
DR
Severe Storm
Mar 23, 2011
DR-1961-MO
DR
Severe Storm
Feb 3, 2011
EM-3317-MO
EM
Severe Ice Storm
Jan 30, 2009
EM-3303-MO
EM
Severe Ice Storm
Dec 27, 2007
DR-1736-MO
DR
Severe Ice Storm
Dec 12, 2007
EM-3281-MO
EM
Severe Ice Storm
Jan 15, 2007
DR-1676-MO
DR
Severe Storm
Mar 16, 2006
DR-1631-MO
DR
Hurricane
Sep 10, 2005
EM-3232-MO
EM
Severe Storm
Jun 11, 2004
DR-1524-MO
DR
Severe Storm
May 6, 2003
DR-1463-MO
DR
Severe Ice Storm
Feb 6, 2002
DR-1403-MO
DR
Every declaration on record
DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance
Showing 16 declarations
Date
Number
Type
Hazard
Title
Sep 21, 2023
DR-4741-MO
DR
Severe Storm
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, 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
Aug 7, 2015
DR-4238-MO
DR
Severe Storm
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
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 Missouri'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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