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Preble County, Ohio

Preble County recorded 8 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 4 major disasters, 4 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is severe storm.

Highlighted: Preble County, OH

Totals: FY2000–FY2025 · Page last rebuilt Sep 12, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals

8
Declarations since FY2000
4
Major disasters (DR)
4
Emergencies (EM)
0
Fire management (FM)
Mar 2020
Most recent
$528K
Federal PA obligated (top: emergency protective measures)

The federal disaster record for Preble County runs between 2003 and 2020, covering 8 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, biological, and snowstorm. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated $527,815 in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for emergency protective measures.

Risk and vulnerability context

Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.

County FIPS 39135
CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI
3.3
overall percentile nationally

Approximately 3.3% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status10.8
Household characteristics23.1
Racial and ethnic minority status3.4
Housing type and transportation1.5

Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025
43.3
overall risk score
Relatively Low
Expected annual loss$14.6MRelatively Low
NRI social vulnerability30.9Relatively Low
Community resilience66.6Relatively High

The NRI combines expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience to describe relative natural-hazard risk. FEMA NRI documentation

About these measures: CDC Social Vulnerability Index and FEMA National Risk Index Social Vulnerability are separate measures built with different methods. They are shown side by side for context and should not be interpreted as equivalent scores.

Federal Public Assistance by category

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.

CategoryProjectsFederal share obligated
Emergency protective measures(B)53$269,658
Debris removal(A)29$239,720
Buildings and equipment(E)9$7,791
Utilities(F)3$7,372
Parks and recreation(G)1$3,274
All categories95$527,815

Recovery funding, how fast it came

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 2-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 52 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.

Severe Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike 2008$349K
52 days to first federal obligation
Snow 2005$125K
56 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storm And Record/Near Record Snow 2003$54K
47 days to first federal obligation
Declared1 yr2 yr

Assistance to households (Individual Assistance)

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.

36
valid registrations
30
households approved
$214,151
total IHP approved
Assistance typeApproved amount
Other needs$214,151

Hazard mitigation, what has been funded here

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.

$598,982
federal mitigation share
4
funded projects
2
properties mitigated
ProgramProjectsFederal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)3$575,882
Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM)1$23,100

Most common hazards

Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan

Every local hazard mitigation plan must document previous occurrences of each hazard. Here is that record for Preble County, sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.

HazardDateFEMA declarationType
BiologicalMar 31, 2020DR-4507-OHDR
BiologicalMar 13, 2020EM-3457-OHEM
Severe StormJun 30, 2012EM-3346-OHEM
Severe StormOct 24, 2008DR-1805-OHDR
HurricaneSep 13, 2005EM-3250-OHEM
SnowstormJan 11, 2005EM-3198-OHEM
Severe StormSep 19, 2004DR-1556-OHDR
Severe StormMar 14, 2003DR-1453-OHDR

Every declaration on record

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

Showing 8 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Mar 31, 2020DR-4507-OHDRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3457-OHEMBiologicalCovid-19
Jun 30, 2012EM-3346-OHEMSevere StormSevere Storms
Oct 24, 2008DR-1805-OHDRSevere StormSevere Wind Storm Associated With Tropical Depression Ike
Sep 13, 2005EM-3250-OHEMHurricaneHurricane Katrina Evacuation
Jan 11, 2005EM-3198-OHEMSnowstormSnow
Sep 19, 2004DR-1556-OHDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Mar 14, 2003DR-1453-OHDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm And Record/Near Record Snow
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How these numbers are built

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); the 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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