Disaster Data / States / Ohio / Franklin County
CountyFranklin County recorded 9 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 5 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 14 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm.
Highlighted: Franklin County, OH
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 Franklin County runs between 2002 and 2026, covering 14 declarations in complete fiscal years, plus 1 so far in FY2027. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, And Landslides in 2026. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, biological, and snowstorm. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $116.6 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for emergency protective measures.
Past 12 months
Franklin County has been named in 1 federal declaration in the past 12 months. The figures are what FEMA has reported for Franklin County to date and grow as recovery continues. It 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR-4945-OHMajor disaster · Flood | Oct 2, 2026Incident period Aug 10 to 22, 2026 | 293of 559 registered | $2.4M | None reported yet |
DR-4945-OH has approved 293 households for assistance so far, the 3rd most of any Franklin County disaster in FEMA's household assistance data, which begins in 2002. The most was DR-1484-OH in 2003, with 897. COVID-19 funeral assistance is left out of this comparison. Franklin County's 293 households are 33% of the 900 approved across Ohio under DR-4945-OH.
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 65.0% 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
$117M has been obligated to Franklin County in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$9M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $3M followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $105M, or 90% of the total, was COVID-19, which every county in the country received. $35K 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Emergency protective measures(B) | 291 | $107,530,072 |
| Debris removal(A) | 124 | $5,033,225 |
| Management costs(Z) | 2 | $1,490,244 |
| Utilities(F) | 11 | $1,132,766 |
| Buildings and equipment(E) | 84 | $1,003,435 |
| Parks and recreation(G) | 19 | $301,009 |
| Roads and bridges(C) | 12 | $67,606 |
| All categories | 543 | $116,558,357 |
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 7-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 58 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 |
|---|---|
| Repair and replacement | $3,069,278 |
| Rental assistance | $788,862 |
| Other needs | $16,817,270 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP) | 10 | $3,536,991 |
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM) | 2 | $716,528 |
| Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation(LPDM) | 1 | $70,672 |
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 Ohio: Ohio's weather actions are ORC 5502.22 proclamations, not filed/numbered EOs, and no complete list is published. Proclamations from 2003 on are added by hand from the Governor's announcements and news coverage; Collection failed: Ohio adapter: could not fetch Ohio GovDelivery bulletin feed: 406 Client Error: Not Acceptable for url: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/OHIOGOVERNOR/bulletins.rss
| Signed | Order | Declaration | Hazards reported here | Reported damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2024 | OH-PROC-2024-001 | Governor DeWine declares state of emergency in 11 counties and activates Ohio National Guard following severe storms/tornadoes | Thunderstorm Wind | $5,000 |
| Jun 30, 2012 | OH-PROC-2012-06-30 | Governor Kasich declares a statewide state of emergency after the June 29 derecho's severe storms and high winds left about one million customers without power during a heat wave | Thunderstorm Wind | $149,000 |
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 15 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | DR-4945-OH | DR | Flood | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, And Landslides |
| Mar 31, 2020 | DR-4507-OH | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3457-OH | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Aug 20, 2012 | DR-4077-OH | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Straight-Line Winds |
| Jun 30, 2012 | EM-3346-OH | EM | Severe Storm | Severe Storms |
| Oct 24, 2008 | DR-1805-OH | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike |
| Apr 24, 2008 | EM-3286-OH | EM | Snowstorm | Record Snow And Near Record Snow |
| Sep 13, 2005 | EM-3250-OH | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| Feb 15, 2005 | DR-1580-OH | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, And Mudslides |
| Jan 11, 2005 | EM-3198-OH | EM | Snowstorm | Snow |
| Sep 19, 2004 | DR-1556-OH | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Jan 26, 2004 | DR-1507-OH | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, And Landslides |
| Aug 1, 2003 | DR-1484-OH | DR | Tornado | Tornadoes, Flooding, Severe Storms, And High Winds |
| Mar 14, 2003 | DR-1453-OH | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm And Record/Near Record Snow |
| Nov 18, 2002 | DR-1444-OH | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Tornadoes |
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 Ohio'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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