St. Clair County recorded 13 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 6 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 19 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm.
Highlighted: St. Clair County, MO
Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 26, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
13
Major disasters
6
Emergency declarations
0
Fire management grants
19
All declarations on record
Sep 2023
Most recent
$433K
Federal PA obligated (top: roads and bridges)
The federal disaster record for St. Clair County runs between 2002 and 2023, covering 19 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 flood. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated $432,531 in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for roads and bridges.
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 29185
CDC / ATSDR
Social Vulnerability Index
2022 county-level SVI
61.8
overall percentile nationally
Approximately 61.8% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.
Socioeconomic status58.8
Household characteristics74.9
Racial and ethnic minority status17.0
Housing type and transportation66.9
Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation
FEMA
National Risk Index
December 2025
25.6
overall risk score
Very Low
Expected annual loss$6.1MVery Low
NRI social vulnerability81.4Very High
Community resilience27.2Relatively 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 obligated
$433K has been obligated to St. Clair County in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$433K followed major disasters other than COVID-19.
Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out.
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
Roads and bridges(C)
15
$214,604
Debris removal(A)
6
$111,355
Emergency protective measures(B)
22
$66,709
Utilities(F)
3
$16,812
Parks and recreation(G)
3
$16,013
Management costs(Z)
2
$3,798
Buildings and equipment(E)
1
$3,241
All categories
52
$432,532
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 3-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 170 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 2023$31K
203 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding 2019$37K
342 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding 2016$20K
138 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding 2015$14K
238 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm 2011$26K
41 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms And Flooding 2008$200K
82 days to first federal obligation
Declared1 yr2 yr3 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.
51
valid registrations
26
households approved
$150,353
total IHP approved
Assistance type
Approved amount
Repair and replacement
$29,921
Rental assistance
$2,519
Other needs
$117,913
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.
$2,121,343
federal mitigation share
3
funded projects
1
property mitigated
Program
Projects
Federal share obligated
Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM)
1
$1,896,510
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)
2
$224,834
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.
24
state declarations with local storm evidence
68
statewide on record
Archive coverage for Missouri: 2000-present Secretary of State year indexes and legal order text
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 5
Flood 2
Biological 2
Hurricane 1
Every declaration 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 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.
Showing 19 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
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
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). Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in the tables on this page but are not counted in the totals until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.
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