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Phillips County, Montana

Phillips County recorded 6 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 4 major disasters, 2 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is biological.

Highlighted: Phillips County, MT

Totals: FY2000–FY2025 · Page last rebuilt Sep 12, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals

6
Declarations since FY2000
4
Major disasters (DR)
2
Emergencies (EM)
0
Fire management (FM)
Apr 2026
Most recent
$614K
Federal PA obligated (top: roads and bridges)

The federal disaster record for Phillips County runs between 2000 and 2023, covering 6 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Flooding in 2023. The hazards behind these declarations were most often biological, fire, and severe storm. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated $614,382 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 30071
CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI
20.8
overall percentile nationally

Approximately 20.8% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status18.8
Household characteristics31.9
Racial and ethnic minority status48.4
Housing type and transportation22.6

Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025
34.5
overall risk score
Very Low
Expected annual loss$7.7MVery Low
NRI social vulnerability80.9Very High
Community resilience17.7Very 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.

CategoryProjectsFederal share obligated
Roads and bridges(C)21$479,433
Utilities(F)2$52,039
Emergency protective measures(B)2$32,824
Water control facilities(D)1$25,952
Management costs(Z)2$24,134
All categories28$614,382

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 108 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.

DR-4902 2026$54K
98 days to first federal obligation
Flooding 2023$332K
133 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms And Flooding 2011$228K
108 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.

57
valid registrations
22
households approved
$46,710
total IHP approved
Assistance typeApproved amount
Repair and replacement$24,616
Rental assistance$1,192
Other needs$20,902

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.

$82,014
federal mitigation share
3
funded projects
ProgramProjectsFederal share obligated
Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM)2$77,000
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)1$5,014

Most common hazards

Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan

Every local hazard mitigation plan must document previous occurrences of each hazard. Here is that record for Phillips County, sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.

HazardDateFEMA declarationType
FloodOct 11, 2023DR-4745-MTDR
BiologicalMar 31, 2020DR-4508-MTDR
BiologicalMar 13, 2020EM-3476-MTEM
Severe StormJun 17, 2011DR-1996-MTDR
HurricaneSep 13, 2005EM-3253-MTEM
FireAug 30, 2000DR-1340-MTDR

Every declaration on record

DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance

Showing 6 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Oct 11, 2023DR-4745-MTDRFloodFlooding
Mar 31, 2020DR-4508-MTDRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3476-MTEMBiologicalCovid-19
Jun 17, 2011DR-1996-MTDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Sep 13, 2005EM-3253-MTEMHurricaneHurricane Katrina Evacuation
Aug 30, 2000DR-1340-MTDRFireWildfires
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How these numbers are built

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 Montana'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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