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North Dakota: Federal Disaster Declarations

North Dakota has recorded 47 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 37 major disasters, 7 emergencies, and 3 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is severe storm. It ranks #28 nationally by total declarations.

47
Declarations since FY2000
37
Major disasters (DR)
7
Emergencies (EM)
3
Fire management (FM)
7
Requests denied
13.0%
Denial rate
#28
National rank by declarations
53.6
Avg days to a decision

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Most common hazards

All declarations on record

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

Showing 47 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Sep 11, 2025DR-4888-NDDRSevere StormSevere Storm, Tornadoes, And Straight-Line Winds
Dec 24, 2024DR-4852-NDDRFireWildfires And Straight-Line Winds
Oct 6, 2024FM-5540-NDFMFireBear Den Fire
Oct 6, 2024FM-5541-NDFMFireElk Horn Fire
Feb 15, 2024DR-4760-NDDRWinter StormSevere Winter Storm And Straight-Line Winds
Jul 5, 2023DR-4717-NDDRFloodFlooding
Feb 5, 2023DR-4686-NDDRSnowstormSevere Winter Storm, Snowstorm, And Straight-Line Winds
Jul 13, 2022DR-4660-NDDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm And Flooding
Sep 1, 2021DR-4613-NDDRSevere StormSevere Storm, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Oct 2, 2020DR-4565-NDDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Jul 9, 2020DR-4553-NDDRFloodFlooding
Apr 1, 2020DR-4509-NDDRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3477-NDEMBiologicalCovid-19
Mar 13, 2020EM-3512-NDEMBiologicalCovid-19
Jan 21, 2020DR-4475-NDDRFloodFlooding
Jun 12, 2019DR-4444-NDDRFloodFlooding
Jul 12, 2017DR-4323-NDDRFloodFlooding
Aug 19, 2014DR-4190-NDDRFloodSevere Storms And Flooding
Oct 31, 2013DR-4154-NDDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm
Jul 12, 2013DR-4128-NDDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Jun 25, 2013DR-4123-NDDRFloodSevere Storms And Flooding
May 29, 2013DR-4118-NDDRFloodFlooding
Apr 26, 2013EM-3364-NDEMFloodFlooding
May 20, 2011DR-1986-NDDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm
May 10, 2011DR-1981-NDDRFloodFlooding
Apr 7, 2011EM-3318-NDEMFloodFlooding
Apr 30, 2010DR-1907-NDDRFloodFlooding
Apr 21, 2010DR-1901-NDDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm
Mar 14, 2010EM-3309-NDEMFloodFlooding
Feb 26, 2010DR-1879-NDDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm
Mar 24, 2009DR-1829-NDDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Sep 7, 2007DR-1725-NDDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Tornadoes
Sep 7, 2007DR-1726-NDDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Tornadoes
Jul 17, 2007DR-1713-NDDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Jun 5, 2006DR-1645-NDDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Flooding, And Ground Saturation
Jan 4, 2006DR-1621-NDDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm
Nov 21, 2005DR-1616-NDDRSnowstormSevere Winter Storm And Record And/Or Near Record Snow
Sep 13, 2005EM-3247-NDEMCoastal StormHurricane Katrina Evacuation
Jul 22, 2005DR-1597-NDDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Flooding, And Ground Saturation
May 5, 2004DR-1515-NDDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Flooding, And Ground Saturation
Apr 2, 2004EM-3196-NDEMSnowstormSnow
Aug 1, 2003DR-1483-NDDRSevere StormSevere Storms And High Winds
Sep 10, 2002DR-1431-NDDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Flooding And Tornadoes
Jun 29, 2002FM-2435-NDFMFireNd - Again Fire - 06/29/2002
May 28, 2001DR-1376-NDDRFloodSevere Storms, Flooding, & Ground Saturation
Dec 29, 2000DR-1353-NDDRTornadoSevere Winter Storms And Tornadoes
Jun 27, 2000DR-1334-NDDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Flooding And Ground Saturation

Denied requests

FEMA turned down 7 declaration requests from North Dakota since FY2000, a denial rate of 13.0%. Denials are tracked in a separate FEMA dataset from approved declarations.

DateTypeHazard
Mar 21, 2023Major DisasterFreezing
Aug 24, 2017Major DisasterSevere Storm
Aug 7, 2017Major DisasterDrought
Apr 29, 2017Major DisasterOther
Oct 8, 2014Major DisasterFlood
Feb 19, 2009EmergencySnowstorm
Aug 1, 2002EmergencyFire
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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 on this page cover complete fiscal years only; the current 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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