Social Vulnerability Index
Approximately 85.1% 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
Disaster Data / States / Nevada / Carson City (city)
Independent cityCarson City (city) recorded 5 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 4 emergency declarations and 4 fire management declarations, 13 in all. Its most common hazard is fire.
Highlighted: Carson City (city), NV
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 Carson City (city) runs between 2003 and 2020, covering 13 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020. The hazards behind these declarations were most often fire, severe storm, and biological.
Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.
Approximately 85.1% 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
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.
Archive coverage for Nevada: 2023-present current-Governor executive and emergency-order archives; 2000-2022 gap disclosed; plus 2 weather declarations from FMCSA's archive of state emergency declarations (2017-present)
| Signed | Order | Declaration | Hazards reported here | Reported damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2023 | PROCLAMATION-2023-03-10-DECLARATION-OF-EMERGENCY | DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY | Heavy Rain | Not reported |
Source: state executive order archives collected by DisasterData Plus, joined to NOAA Storm Events. See the Plus overview for per-state coverage and method.
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 13 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2020 | DR-4523-NV | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3443-NV | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Mar 27, 2017 | DR-4307-NV | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides |
| Feb 17, 2017 | DR-4303-NV | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides |
| Jun 27, 2006 | FM-2650-NV | FM | Fire | Linehan Fire Complex |
| Feb 3, 2006 | DR-1629-NV | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Sep 13, 2005 | EM-3243-NV | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| Feb 23, 2005 | EM-3204-NV | EM | Snowstorm | Snow |
| Feb 17, 2005 | EM-3202-NV | EM | Snowstorm | Record And/Or Near Record Snow |
| Aug 26, 2004 | DR-1540-NV | DR | Fire | Wildland Fire |
| Jul 14, 2004 | FM-2531-NV | FM | Fire | Waterfall Fire |
| Sep 29, 2003 | FM-2499-NV | FM | Fire | Nv - Voltaire-2 Fire - 09-29-2003 |
| Jun 17, 2003 | FM-2469-NV | FM | Fire | Nv - Highway-50 Fire - 06/17/2003 |
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 Nevada'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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