Disaster Data / States / North Dakota / Burke County
CountyBurke County recorded 11 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 3 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 14 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm.
Highlighted: Burke County, ND
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 Burke County runs between 2000 and 2026, covering 14 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Tornadoes in 2026. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, snowstorm, and flood. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $9.9 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for utilities.
Past 12 months
Burke County has been named in 1 federal declaration in the past 12 months. The figures are what FEMA has reported for Burke County to date and grow as recovery continues. It falls in a complete fiscal year and is counted in the totals above.
| Declaration | Declared | Households approved | Individual Assistance | Public Assistance obligated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR-4934-NDMajor disaster · Severe Storm | Sep 1, 2026Incident period Jun 7 to 9, 2026 | None reported | None reported | 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 3.6% 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
$10M has been obligated to Burke County in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$10M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $10K followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $12K, or 0% of the total, was COVID-19, which every county in the country received. $15K appears in FEMA's county totals but is not tied to a single declaration in the obligation timing file, so it is left unattributed here rather than assigned to a type.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Utilities(F) | 18 | $8,598,968 |
| Roads and bridges(C) | 63 | $702,524 |
| Management costs(Z) | 1 | $530,038 |
| Emergency protective measures(B) | 10 | $37,942 |
| All categories | 92 | $9,869,472 |
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 6-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 120 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.
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 14 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | DR-4934-ND | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Tornadoes |
| Jul 5, 2023 | DR-4717-ND | DR | Flood | Flooding |
| Jul 13, 2022 | DR-4660-ND | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm And Flooding |
| Sep 1, 2021 | DR-4613-ND | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storm, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Apr 1, 2020 | DR-4509-ND | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3477-ND | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| May 20, 2011 | DR-1986-ND | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| May 10, 2011 | DR-1981-ND | DR | Flood | Flooding |
| Feb 26, 2010 | DR-1879-ND | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| Nov 21, 2005 | DR-1616-ND | DR | Snowstorm | Severe Winter Storm And Record And/Or Near Record Snow |
| Sep 13, 2005 | EM-3247-ND | EM | Coastal Storm | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| May 5, 2004 | DR-1515-ND | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, And Ground Saturation |
| Apr 2, 2004 | EM-3196-ND | EM | Snowstorm | Snow |
| Jun 27, 2000 | DR-1334-ND | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding And Ground Saturation |
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 North Dakota'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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