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Storey County, Nevada

Storey County recorded 10 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 5 major disasters, 4 emergencies, and 1 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is severe storm.

Highlighted: Storey County, NV

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

10
Declarations since FY2000
5
Major disasters (DR)
4
Emergencies (EM)
1
Fire management (FM)
Apr 2023
Most recent
$825K
Federal PA obligated (top: roads and bridges)

The federal disaster record for Storey County runs between 2005 and 2023, covering 10 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 severe storm, biological, and snowstorm. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated $824,716 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 32029
CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI
18.4
overall percentile nationally

Approximately 18.4% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status37.3
Household characteristics47.6
Racial and ethnic minority status47.8
Housing type and transportation1.1

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

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025
25.2
overall risk score
Very Low
Expected annual loss$11.3MVery Low
NRI social vulnerability10.6Very Low
Community resilience8.9Very 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)12$425,687
Emergency protective measures(B)17$239,490
Water control facilities(D)2$72,238
Debris removal(A)5$61,607
Management costs(Z)1$10,820
Buildings and equipment(E)2$10,482
Parks and recreation(G)1$4,392
Utilities(F)1$0
All categories41$824,716

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 10-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 69 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$461K
270 days to first federal obligation
Covid-19 Pandemic 2020$24K
85 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides 2017$41K
190 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms And Flooding 2006$280K
43 days to first federal obligation
Snow 2005$14K
49 days to first federal obligation
Record And/Or Near Record Snow 2005$5K
54 days to first federal obligation
Declared1 yr2 yr3 yr4 yr5 yr6 yr7 yr8 yr9 yr10 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.

2
valid registrations
1
household approved
$5,458
total IHP approved
Assistance typeApproved amount
Other needs$5,458

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.

$867,717
federal mitigation share
6
funded projects
1
property mitigated
ProgramProjectsFederal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)4$751,803
Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM)2$115,914

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
6
statewide on record

Archive coverage for Nevada: 2023-present current-Governor executive and emergency-order archives; 2000-2022 gap disclosed

SignedOrderDeclarationHazards reported hereReported damage
Mar 10, 2023PROCLAMATION-2023-03-10-DECLARATION-OF-EMERGENCYDECLARATION OF EMERGENCYFloodNot 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.

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 Storey County, sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.

HazardDateFEMA declarationType
FloodApr 27, 2023DR-4708-NVDR
BiologicalApr 4, 2020DR-4523-NVDR
BiologicalMar 13, 2020EM-3443-NVEM
Severe StormMar 27, 2017DR-4307-NVDR
Severe StormFeb 17, 2017DR-4303-NVDR
FireJun 27, 2006FM-2650-NVFM
Severe StormFeb 3, 2006DR-1629-NVDR
HurricaneSep 13, 2005EM-3243-NVEM
SnowstormFeb 23, 2005EM-3204-NVEM
SnowstormFeb 17, 2005EM-3202-NVEM

Every declaration on record

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

Showing 10 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
Mar 27, 2017DR-4307-NVDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides
Feb 17, 2017DR-4303-NVDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides
Jun 27, 2006FM-2650-NVFMFireLinehan Fire Complex
Feb 3, 2006DR-1629-NVDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Sep 13, 2005EM-3243-NVEMHurricaneHurricane Katrina Evacuation
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); 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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