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Eureka County, Nevada

Eureka County recorded 2 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 4 emergency declarations and 1 fire management declarations, 7 in all. Its most common hazard is biological.

Highlighted: Eureka County, NV

Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 26, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals

2
Major disasters
4
Emergency declarations
1
Fire management grants
7
All declarations on record
Apr 2023
Most recent
$3.7M
Federal PA obligated (top: roads and bridges)

The federal disaster record for Eureka County runs between 2005 and 2023, covering 7 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides in 2023. The hazards behind these declarations were most often biological, snowstorm, and flood. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $3.7 million 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 32011
CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI
42.5
overall percentile nationally

Approximately 42.5% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status14.7
Household characteristics83.4
Racial and ethnic minority status48.1
Housing type and transportation56.9

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

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025
5.2
overall risk score
Very Low
Expected annual loss$4.2MVery Low
NRI social vulnerability10.6Very Low
Community resilience7.0Very 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

$4M has been obligated to Eureka County in Public Assistance since FY2000.

$4M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $13K followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only.

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.

CategoryProjectsFederal share obligated
Roads and bridges(C)6$3,080,968
Emergency protective measures(B)3$366,082
Management costs(Z)1$217,575
All categories10$3,664,625

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 2-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 54 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 Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides 2023$3.7M
287 days to first federal obligation
Snow 2005$8K
49 days to first federal obligation
Record And/Or Near Record Snow 2005$5K
54 days to first federal obligation
Declared1 yr2 yr

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.

1
state declarations with local storm evidence
13
statewide on record

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)

SignedOrderDeclarationHazards reported hereReported damage
Mar 10, 2023PROCLAMATION-2023-03-10-DECLARATION-OF-EMERGENCYDECLARATION OF EMERGENCYFlood$6,600,000

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

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 7 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Apr 27, 2023DR-4708-NVDRFloodSevere Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Apr 4, 2020DR-4523-NVDRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3443-NVEMBiologicalCovid-19
Sep 13, 2005EM-3243-NVEMHurricaneHurricane Katrina Evacuation
Jul 16, 2005FM-2568-NVFMFireCarlin Fire
Feb 23, 2005EM-3204-NVEMSnowstormSnow
Feb 17, 2005EM-3202-NVEMSnowstormRecord And/Or Near Record Snow
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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 Nevada'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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