Disaster Data / States / Missouri / St. Louis (city)
Independent citySt. Louis (city) recorded 11 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 8 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 19 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm.
Highlighted: St. Louis (city), MO
Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 26, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
The federal disaster record for St. Louis (city) runs between 2005 and 2025, covering 19 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, flood, and severe ice storm. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $72.2 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for emergency protective measures.
Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.
Approximately 81.4% 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
$72M has been obligated to St. Louis (city) in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$43M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $6M followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $23M, or 32% of the total, was COVID-19, which every county in the country received. $212K appears in FEMA's county totals but is not tied to a single declaration in the obligation timing file, so it is left unattributed here rather than assigned to a type.
Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency protective measures(B) | 150 | $30,981,894 |
| Debris removal(A) | 30 | $23,440,521 |
| Buildings and equipment(E) | 57 | $13,468,920 |
| Roads and bridges(C) | 3 | $1,666,155 |
| Management costs(Z) | 24 | $1,189,396 |
| Parks and recreation(G) | 9 | $1,001,396 |
| Utilities(F) | 2 | $238,807 |
| Other(I) | 1 | $215,475 |
| All categories | 276 | $72,202,564 |
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 107 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2025 | DR-4877-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Aug 8, 2022 | DR-4665-MO | DR | Flood | Severe Storms 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 |
| Jun 30, 2011 | EM-3325-MO | EM | Flood | Flooding |
| Feb 3, 2011 | EM-3317-MO | EM | 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 |
| Mar 19, 2008 | DR-1749-MO | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Dec 12, 2007 | EM-3281-MO | EM | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storms |
| 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 |
| Sep 10, 2005 | EM-3232-MO | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
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. Independent cities are counted separately from the counties around them, matching how FEMA designates them. 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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