Lawrence County recorded 18 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 12 major disasters, 6 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is severe storm.
Highlighted: Lawrence County, MO
Totals: FY2000–FY2025 · Page last rebuilt Sep 12, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
18
Declarations since FY2000
12
Major disasters (DR)
6
Emergencies (EM)
0
Fire management (FM)
Jun 2025
Most recent
$9.0M
Federal PA obligated (top: buildings and equipment)
The federal disaster record for Lawrence County runs between 2002 and 2025, covering 18 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding in 2025. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, severe ice storm, and flood. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $9.0 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for buildings and equipment.
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 29109
CDC / ATSDR
Social Vulnerability Index
2022 county-level SVI
73.6
overall percentile nationally
Approximately 73.6% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.
Socioeconomic status83.5
Household characteristics76.6
Racial and ethnic minority status37.2
Housing type and transportation50.3
Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation
FEMA
National Risk Index
December 2025
66.2
overall risk score
Relatively Low
Expected annual loss$22.0MRelatively Low
NRI social vulnerability57.8Relatively Moderate
Community resilience36.3Relatively 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
Buildings and equipment(E)
20
$3,637,337
Debris removal(A)
74
$2,638,614
Roads and bridges(C)
76
$1,583,630
Emergency protective measures(B)
47
$615,879
Utilities(F)
8
$358,964
Parks and recreation(G)
6
$101,149
Management costs(Z)
5
$14,944
All categories
236
$8,950,517
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 6-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 115 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.
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding 2025$353K
108 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds And Flooding 2017$374K
124 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding 2016$329K
123 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms And Flooding 2008$383K
79 days to first federal obligation
DR-1742 2008$17K
126 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms And Flooding 2007$372K
31 days to first federal obligation
Declared1 yr2 yr3 yr4 yr5 yr6 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.
689
valid registrations
315
households approved
$1,764,026
total IHP approved
Assistance type
Approved amount
Repair and replacement
$484,332
Rental assistance
$168,499
Other needs
$1,110,822
Hazard mitigation, what has been funded here
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.
$5,132,364
federal mitigation share
5
funded projects
5
properties mitigated
Program
Projects
Federal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)
2
$3,119,206
Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM)
3
$2,013,158
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.
25
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 9
Severe Ice Storm 3
Flood 3
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 Lawrence County, sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.
Hazard
Date
FEMA declaration
Type
Severe Storm
Jun 9, 2025
DR-4876-MO
DR
Biological
Mar 26, 2020
DR-4490-MO
DR
Biological
Mar 13, 2020
EM-3482-MO
EM
Flood
Jun 2, 2017
DR-4317-MO
DR
Flood
Jan 21, 2016
DR-4250-MO
DR
Flood
Jan 2, 2016
EM-3374-MO
EM
Severe Storm
May 9, 2011
DR-1980-MO
DR
Severe Storm
Feb 3, 2011
EM-3317-MO
EM
Severe Storm
Jun 19, 2009
DR-1847-MO
DR
Severe Ice Storm
Jan 30, 2009
EM-3303-MO
EM
Severe Storm
Mar 19, 2008
DR-1749-MO
DR
Severe Ice Storm
Dec 12, 2007
EM-3281-MO
EM
Severe Storm
Sep 21, 2007
DR-1728-MO
DR
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
May 6, 2003
DR-1463-MO
DR
Severe Storm
May 6, 2002
DR-1412-MO
DR
Every declaration on record
DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance
Showing 18 declarations
Date
Number
Type
Hazard
Title
Jun 9, 2025
DR-4876-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
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
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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