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New Jersey: Federal Disaster Declarations
New Jersey has recorded 25 major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 9 emergency declarations and 3 fire management declarations, 37 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm. It ranks #30 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
Federal Public Assistance obligated
$6.7B has been obligated to New Jersey in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$3.3B followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $126M followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $3.2B, or 48% 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 16
- Hurricane 8
- Snowstorm 5
- Fire 4
- Biological 2
- Other 2
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 37 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2025 | FM-5581-NJ | FM | Fire | Jones Road Fire |
| Aug 11, 2023 | DR-4725-NJ | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storm And Flooding |
| Sep 5, 2021 | DR-4614-NJ | DR | Hurricane | Remnants Of Hurricane Ida |
| Sep 2, 2021 | EM-3573-NJ | EM | Hurricane | Remnants Of Hurricane Ida |
| Apr 28, 2021 | DR-4597-NJ | DR | Snowstorm | Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm |
| Dec 11, 2020 | DR-4574-NJ | DR | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Isaias |
| Mar 25, 2020 | DR-4488-NJ | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3451-NJ | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Jun 8, 2018 | DR-4368-NJ | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm |
| Mar 14, 2016 | DR-4264-NJ | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm |
| Jul 22, 2015 | DR-4231-NJ | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storm |
| Oct 30, 2012 | DR-4086-NJ | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Sandy |
| Oct 28, 2012 | EM-3354-NJ | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Sandy |
| Jul 19, 2012 | DR-4070-NJ | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Straight-Line Winds |
| Nov 30, 2011 | DR-4048-NJ | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storm |
| Oct 14, 2011 | DR-4039-NJ | DR | Severe Storm | Remnants Of Tropical Storm Lee |
| Sep 15, 2011 | DR-4033-NJ | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Aug 31, 2011 | DR-4021-NJ | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Irene |
| Aug 27, 2011 | EM-3332-NJ | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Irene |
| Feb 4, 2011 | DR-1954-NJ | DR | Snowstorm | Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm |
| Apr 2, 2010 | DR-1897-NJ | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Mar 23, 2010 | DR-1889-NJ | DR | Snowstorm | Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm |
| Feb 5, 2010 | DR-1873-NJ | DR | Snowstorm | Snowstorm |
| Dec 22, 2009 | DR-1867-NJ | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding Associated With Tropical Depression Ida And A Nor'Eas |
| May 16, 2007 | FM-2695-NJ | FM | Fire | Warren Grove Fire |
| Apr 26, 2007 | DR-1694-NJ | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Inland And Coastal Flooding |
| Jul 7, 2006 | DR-1653-NJ | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Sep 19, 2005 | EM-3257-NJ | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| Apr 19, 2005 | DR-1588-NJ | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Oct 1, 2004 | DR-1563-NJ | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Jul 16, 2004 | DR-1530-NJ | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Sep 23, 2003 | EM-3188-NJ | EM | Other | Power Outage |
| Mar 20, 2003 | EM-3181-NJ | EM | Snowstorm | Snow |
| Jun 2, 2002 | FM-2411-NJ | FM | Fire | Nj - Double Trouble Wildfire - 6/02/02 |
| Sep 19, 2001 | EM-3169-NJ | EM | Fire | Fires And Explosions |
| Nov 1, 2000 | EM-3156-NJ | EM | Other | West Nile Virus |
| Aug 17, 2000 | DR-1337-NJ | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding And Mudslides |
Individual Assistance to households
FEMA Individual Assistance to households across New Jersey, 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 | $515M |
| Rental assistance | $281M |
| Other needs | $219M |
Hazard mitigation funded
Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated across New Jersey 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) | 676 | $502M |
| Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) | 95 | $181M |
| Severe Repetitive Loss (SRL) | 11 | $49M |
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) | 43 | $29M |
| Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation (LPDM) | 13 | $23M |
| Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) | 3 | $3M |
| Repetitive Flood Claims (RFC) | 2 | $1M |
Denied requests
FEMA turned down 8 declaration requests from New Jersey since FY2000, a declaration-request denial rate of 17.8%. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2026 | Major Disaster | Winter Storm |
| Aug 30, 2018 | Major Disaster | Severe Storm |
| Oct 29, 2015 | Major Disaster | Coastal Storm |
| Mar 31, 2011 | Major Disaster | Severe Storm |
| Oct 18, 2005 | Major Disaster | Severe Storm |
| Jul 21, 2005 | Major Disaster | Severe Storm |
| Oct 3, 2003 | Major Disaster | Hurricane |
| Aug 14, 2002 | Emergency | 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.