Disaster Data / States / Nebraska
Nebraska: Federal Disaster Declarations
Nebraska has recorded 46 major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 7 emergency declarations and 9 fire management declarations, 62 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm. It ranks #9 nationally by major disasters.
Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 25, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
Past 12 months
Recent declarations and aid so far
Nebraska has had 4 federal declarations in the past 12 months. The figures are what FEMA has reported to date and grow as recovery continues. All of them fall in complete fiscal years and are counted in the totals above.
| Declaration | Declared | Households approved | Individual Assistance | Public Assistance obligated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR-4928-NEMajor disaster · Severe Storm | Aug 3, 2026Incident period May 15 to 18, 2026 | None reported | None reported | $513K |
| DR-4920-NEMajor disaster · Fire | Jun 30, 2026Incident period Mar 12 to Apr 2, 2026 | None reported | None reported | $815K |
| FM-5637-NEFire management · Fire | Jun 10, 2026Incident period Jun 9 to 21, 2026 | Not applicable | Not applicable | None reported yet |
| FM-5623-NEFire management · Fire | Mar 13, 2026Incident period Mar 12 to 27, 2026 | Not applicable | Not applicable | None reported yet |
Individual Assistance is FEMA's Individuals and Households Program, from OpenFEMA's Housing Assistance data for owners and renters. Public Assistance is the obligated federal share from OpenFEMA's grant award activity, which usually starts posting weeks to months after a declaration. Select a declaration number to open its full event profile.
Federal Public Assistance obligated
$1.5B has been obligated to Nebraska in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$1.2B followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $377K followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $306M, or 21% of the total, was COVID-19, which every state and county in the country received.
Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out. Totals are summed from funded localities, so a declaration administered entirely at state level may not appear here.
Most common hazards
- Severe Storm 35
- Fire 10
- Biological 6
- Flood 5
- Tornado 2
- Winter Storm 1
- Snowstorm 1
- Severe Ice Storm 1
All declarations 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 state and 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.
DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance
Showing 62 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | DR-4928-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Jun 30, 2026 | DR-4920-NE | DR | Fire | Wildfires |
| Jun 10, 2026 | FM-5637-NE | FM | Fire | South Fork Fire |
| Mar 13, 2026 | FM-5623-NE | FM | Fire | Morrill-Cottonwood Fire |
| Oct 22, 2025 | DR-4896-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| May 21, 2025 | DR-4868-NE | DR | Winter Storm | Severe Winter Storm And Straight-Line Winds |
| Oct 21, 2024 | DR-4838-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Sep 24, 2024 | DR-4822-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Aug 20, 2024 | DR-4808-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| May 24, 2024 | DR-4786-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm And Straight-Line Winds |
| May 3, 2024 | DR-4778-NE | DR | Tornado | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Tornadoes |
| Apr 9, 2023 | FM-5462-NE | FM | Fire | Waconda-Beaver Lake Fire Complex |
| Jul 27, 2022 | DR-4662-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Straight-Line Winds |
| Apr 23, 2022 | FM-5436-NE | FM | Fire | Road 702 Fire |
| Feb 23, 2022 | DR-4641-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Tornadoes |
| Sep 6, 2021 | DR-4616-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Straight-Line Winds |
| Apr 4, 2020 | DR-4521-NE | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3483-NE | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3493-NE | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3489-NE | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3523-NE | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3488-NE | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Jun 17, 2019 | DR-4446-NE | DR | Flood | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Mar 21, 2019 | DR-4420-NE | DR | Flood | Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Aug 27, 2018 | DR-4387-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Jun 29, 2018 | DR-4375-NE | DR | Snowstorm | Severe Winter Storm And Straight-Line Winds |
| Aug 1, 2017 | DR-4325-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Straight-Line Winds |
| Jun 26, 2017 | DR-4321-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm And Straight-Line Winds |
| Jun 25, 2015 | DR-4225-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Jul 28, 2014 | DR-4185-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Jul 24, 2014 | DR-4183-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Jun 17, 2014 | DR-4179-NE | DR | Tornado | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Nov 26, 2013 | DR-4156-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Winter Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding |
| Aug 30, 2012 | FM-5009-NE | FM | Fire | Region 23 Fire Complex |
| Aug 12, 2011 | DR-4014-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Aug 12, 2011 | DR-4013-NE | DR | Flood | Flooding |
| Jun 18, 2011 | EM-3323-NE | EM | Flood | Flooding |
| Apr 22, 2011 | FM-2900-NE | FM | Fire | Thedford Fire |
| Oct 21, 2010 | DR-1945-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornado, And Straight-Lin |
| Jul 15, 2010 | DR-1924-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Apr 21, 2010 | DR-1902-NE | DR | Flood | Severe Storms, Ice Jams, And Flooding |
| Feb 25, 2010 | DR-1878-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storms And Snowstorm |
| Dec 16, 2009 | DR-1864-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| Jul 31, 2009 | DR-1853-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes |
| Jul 18, 2008 | DR-1779-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Jun 20, 2008 | DR-1770-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| May 30, 2008 | DR-1765-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding |
| Jan 11, 2008 | DR-1739-NE | DR | Severe Ice Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| Aug 29, 2007 | DR-1721-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Jul 24, 2007 | DR-1714-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Jun 6, 2007 | DR-1706-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes |
| Jan 7, 2007 | DR-1674-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storms |
| Jul 29, 2006 | FM-2661-NE | FM | Fire | Sioux County Fire Complex |
| Jul 28, 2006 | FM-2660-NE | FM | Fire | Dawes County Fire Complex |
| Jul 17, 2006 | FM-2655-NE | FM | Fire | Big Rock Fire |
| Jan 26, 2006 | DR-1627-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| Sep 13, 2005 | EM-3245-NE | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuees |
| Jun 23, 2005 | DR-1590-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| May 25, 2004 | DR-1517-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding |
| Jul 21, 2003 | DR-1480-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Tornadoes |
| Oct 12, 2001 | DR-1394-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And A Tornado |
| May 16, 2001 | DR-1373-NE | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storms, Flooding And Tornadoes |
Individual Assistance to households
FEMA Individual Assistance to households across Nebraska, combined across the Housing Assistance owner and renter programs. Valid registrations are households that applied within a designated Individual Assistance area; approved figures are those FEMA found eligible under the Individuals and Households Program. Self-reported, drawn from NEMIS through OpenFEMA, and present only where Individual Assistance was designated.
| Assistance type | Approved amount |
|---|---|
| Repair and replacement | $25M |
| Rental assistance | $6M |
| Other needs | $21M |
Hazard mitigation funded
Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated across Nebraska to reduce future disaster losses, by program. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited.
| Program | Projects | Federal share obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) | 448 | $119M |
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) | 36 | $3M |
| Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) | 28 | $1M |
| Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) | 5 | $455K |
Denied requests
FEMA turned down 5 declaration requests from Nebraska since FY2000, a declaration-request denial rate of 7.5%. This is the President denying a governor or tribal leader's request for a declaration, tracked in a separate FEMA dataset from approved declarations, and is not the same thing as an individual being denied assistance under an approved declaration.
| Date | Type | Hazard |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2025 | Major Disaster | Severe Storm |
| Oct 21, 2019 | Major Disaster | Flood |
| Aug 28, 2012 | Major Disaster | Fire |
| Sep 15, 2011 | Major Disaster | Severe Storm |
| Jul 15, 2002 | Major Disaster | Severe Storm |
How these numbers are built
Every figure is drawn from FEMA's OpenFEMA datasets: the Disaster Declarations Summaries for declarations and the Declaration Denials dataset for turndowns, rebuilt automatically each week. A "declaration" is one unique combination of declaration type (DR / EM / FM), disaster number, and state, so a single disaster affecting five states counts as five declarations. Years are federal fiscal years (Oct 1 to Sep 30). Totals, ranks, and rates on this page cover complete fiscal years only. Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in each state's declaration tables and its recent-declarations panel, but are not counted in any total until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.