Disaster Data / States / Nevada / Washoe County
CountyWashoe County recorded 4 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 5 emergency declarations and 40 fire management declarations, 49 in all. Its most common hazard is fire.
Highlighted: Washoe County, 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 Washoe County runs between 2000 and 2026, covering 49 declarations in complete fiscal years, plus 1 so far in FY2027. 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. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $36.6 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for emergency protective measures.
Past 12 months
Washoe County has been named in 6 federal declarations in the past 12 months. The figures are what FEMA has reported for Washoe County to date and grow as recovery continues. The one made since Oct 1, 2026 is from FY2027, so it is added to the complete-year totals above after that year ends on Sep 30, 2027.
| Declaration | Declared | Households approved | Individual Assistance | Public Assistance obligated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FM-5678-NVFire management · Fire | Oct 2, 2026 | Not applicable | Not applicable | None reported yet |
| EM-3653-NVEmergency · Fire | Sep 1, 2026Incident period Aug 22 to Sep 9, 2026 | None reported | None reported | None reported yet |
| FM-5674-NVFire management · Fire | Aug 22, 2026Incident period Aug 22 to 27, 2026 | Not applicable | Not applicable | None reported yet |
| FM-5667-NVFire management · Fire | Aug 11, 2026Incident period Aug 9 to 17, 2026 | Not applicable | Not applicable | None reported yet |
| FM-5668-NVFire management · Fire | Aug 11, 2026Incident period Aug 10 to 17, 2026 | Not applicable | Not applicable | None reported yet |
| FM-5663-NVFire management · Fire | Aug 8, 2026Incident period Aug 8 to 17, 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, with the same figures for every place it covers.
Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.
Approximately 69.7% 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
$37M has been obligated to Washoe County in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$13M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $2M followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $21M, or 58% of the total, was COVID-19, which every county in the country received.
Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out.
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.
| Category | Projects | Federal share obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency protective measures(B) | 109 | $26,452,285 |
| Roads and bridges(C) | 66 | $3,475,928 |
| Water control facilities(D) | 25 | $2,517,651 |
| Debris removal(A) | 48 | $1,653,463 |
| Parks and recreation(G) | 64 | $1,604,066 |
| Utilities(F) | 20 | $543,845 |
| Buildings and equipment(E) | 40 | $316,249 |
| Management costs(Z) | 2 | $7,478 |
| All categories | 374 | $36,570,965 |
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 79 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.
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.
| Assistance type | Approved amount |
|---|---|
| Other needs | $2,416,102 |
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.
| Program | Projects | Federal share obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM) | 11 | $12,504,148 |
| Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP) | 27 | $8,565,358 |
| Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities(BRIC) | 1 | $4,000,000 |
| Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation(LPDM) | 2 | $3,199,500 |
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 | Flood, Heavy Rain | Not reported |
| Jan 12, 2023 | PROCLAMATION-2023-01-12-DECLARATION-OF-EMERGENCY-DUE-TO-THE-SEVERE-WEATHER-PATTERN-AND-RESULTING-DAMAGES-TO-TRANSPORTATION-ROUTES | Declaration of Emergency due to the severe weather pattern and resulting damages to transportation routes | Heavy Rain | Not reported |
| Feb 10, 2017 | NV-SOE-2017-02-10 | State of emergency for flooding in Elko County, with the National Guard activated. | Flood | Not reported |
| Jan 7, 2017 | NV-SOE-2017-01-07 | State of emergency for a severe weather system with expected flooding in Washoe, Douglas, Lyon and Storey counties, Carson City, the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony and the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. | Flood | $8,000,000 |
Source: state executive order archives collected by DisasterData Plus, joined to NOAA Storm Events. See the Plus overview for per-state coverage and method.
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.
The totals above count complete fiscal years only. This list also includes one declaration made since Oct 1, 2026 (FY2027); it is added to the totals after that year ends on Sep 30, 2027.
Showing 50 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | FM-5678-NV | FM | Fire | Bull Fire |
| Sep 1, 2026 | EM-3653-NV | EM | Fire | Hawk Fire |
| Aug 22, 2026 | FM-5674-NV | FM | Fire | Hawk Fire |
| Aug 11, 2026 | FM-5667-NV | FM | Fire | Fred Mountain Fire |
| Aug 11, 2026 | FM-5668-NV | FM | Fire | Stallion Fire |
| Aug 8, 2026 | FM-5663-NV | FM | Fire | Bug Fire |
| Aug 2, 2025 | FM-5602-NV | FM | Fire | Peavine Fire |
| Jun 10, 2025 | FM-5586-NV | FM | Fire | Marie Fire |
| Nov 11, 2024 | FM-5546-NV | FM | Fire | Callahan Fire |
| Sep 7, 2024 | FM-5533-NV | FM | Fire | Davis Fire |
| Aug 12, 2024 | FM-5530-NV | FM | Fire | Gold Ranch Fire |
| Jun 12, 2024 | FM-5495-NV | FM | Fire | Sullivan Fire |
| Jun 11, 2024 | FM-5494-NV | FM | Fire | Trail Fire |
| Aug 14, 2022 | FM-5448-NV | FM | Fire | Joy Lake Fire |
| Nov 17, 2020 | FM-5382-NV | FM | Fire | Pinehaven Fire |
| Aug 15, 2020 | FM-5328-NV | FM | Fire | Loyalton Fire |
| Aug 3, 2020 | FM-5326-NV | FM | Fire | North Fire |
| Jul 21, 2020 | FM-5322-NV | FM | Fire | Rockfarm Fire |
| Jun 27, 2020 | FM-5316-NV | FM | Fire | Poeville Road Fire |
| Apr 4, 2020 | DR-4523-NV | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3443-NV | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Aug 24, 2019 | FM-5291-NV | FM | Fire | Long Valley Fire |
| Jul 13, 2019 | FM-5283-NV | FM | Fire | Jasper Fire |
| Jul 14, 2017 | FM-5190-NV | FM | Fire | Cold Springs Fire |
| 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 |
| Oct 14, 2016 | FM-5156-NV | FM | Fire | Little Valley Fire |
| Jul 31, 2016 | FM-5141-NV | FM | Fire | Virginia Mountains Complex Fire |
| Jul 29, 2016 | FM-5138-NV | FM | Fire | Rock Fire |
| Jan 19, 2012 | FM-2974-NV | FM | Fire | Washoe Fire |
| Nov 18, 2011 | FM-2973-NV | FM | Fire | Caughlin Fire |
| Jul 17, 2009 | FM-2822-NV | FM | Fire | Red Rock Fire |
| Jul 16, 2007 | FM-2713-NV | FM | Fire | Hawken Fire |
| Jul 8, 2007 | FM-2709-NV | FM | Fire | Hungry Valley Fire |
| Jul 6, 2007 | FM-2704-NV | FM | Fire | Red Rock Fire |
| Nov 11, 2006 | FM-2679-NV | FM | Fire | Pinehaven Fire |
| Aug 12, 2006 | FM-2664-NV | FM | Fire | Verdi Fire |
| Jun 27, 2006 | FM-2649-NV | FM | Fire | Oregon Fire |
| 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 25, 2004 | FM-2550-NV | FM | Fire | Andrew Wildfire |
| Jul 14, 2004 | FM-2531-NV | FM | Fire | Waterfall Fire |
| Jun 30, 2004 | FM-2524-NV | FM | Fire | Verdi Fire Complex |
| Jul 15, 2003 | FM-2479-NV | FM | Fire | Nv-Robb Wildfire-7-14-2003 |
| Jul 11, 2003 | FM-2476-NV | FM | Fire | Nv-Red Rock Fire 7-11-03 |
| Aug 9, 2001 | FM-2371-NV | FM | Fire | Nv - Antelope Fire - 08/09/2001 |
| Aug 1, 2000 | FM-2316-NV | FM | Fire | Nv - Arrowcreek Fire |
| Jun 30, 2000 | FM-2312-NV | FM | Fire | Reno Fire Complex |
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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