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Coal County, Oklahoma

Coal County recorded 15 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 8 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 23 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm.

Highlighted: Coal County, OK

Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 26, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals

15
Major disasters
8
Emergency declarations
0
Fire management grants
23
All declarations on record
Apr 2024
Most recent
$1.3M
Federal PA obligated (top: roads and bridges)

The federal disaster record for Coal County runs between 2000 and 2024, covering 23 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding in 2024. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, severe ice storm, and tornado. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $1.3 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for roads and bridges.

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 40029
CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI
83.6
overall percentile nationally

Approximately 83.6% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status83.1
Household characteristics93.7
Racial and ethnic minority status72.3
Housing type and transportation47.5

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

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025
32.4
overall risk score
Very Low
Expected annual loss$6.0MVery Low
NRI social vulnerability97.7Very High
Community resilience9.5Very Low

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 obligated

$1M has been obligated to Coal County in Public Assistance since FY2000.

$1M followed major disasters other than COVID-19.

Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out.

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
Roads and bridges(C)53$895,674
Debris removal(A)17$264,333
Emergency protective measures(B)18$60,150
Utilities(F)3$54,013
Buildings and equipment(E)5$16,558
Management costs(Z)2$9,401
Parks and recreation(G)1$9,290
Water control facilities(D)1$4,254
All categories100$1,313,673

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 5-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 267 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 Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding 2024$131K
283 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storms 2021$14K
252 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding 2019$64K
466 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding 2017$81K
219 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storms And Flooding 2016$124K
520 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding 2015$215K
149 days to first federal obligation
Declared1 yr2 yr3 yr4 yr5 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.

41
valid registrations
14
households approved
$75,153
total IHP approved
Assistance typeApproved amount
Repair and replacement$27,982
Rental assistance$2,095
Other needs$45,076

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.

$241,134
federal mitigation share
9
funded projects
1
property mitigated
ProgramProjectsFederal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)9$241,134

State declarations (governor)

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.

7
state declarations with local storm evidence
55
statewide on record

Archive coverage for Oklahoma: 2016-present OEM emergencies-and-disasters archive (proxy for the robots-blocked SOS EO index), with governor declarations back to 2006 reviewed by hand from OEM event pages and Governor releases; 2000-2005 not covered (OEM's 2003 and 2005 pages list no governor declarations); plus 4 weather declarations from FMCSA's archive of state emergency declarations (2017-present)

Source: state executive order archives collected by DisasterData Plus, joined to NOAA Storm Events. See the Plus overview for per-state coverage and method.

Most common hazards

Every declaration 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 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 23 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Apr 30, 2024DR-4776-OKDRTornadoSevere Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Feb 24, 2021DR-4587-OKDRSevere Ice StormSevere Winter Storms
Feb 17, 2021EM-3555-OKEMSevere Ice StormSevere Winter Storm
Apr 5, 2020DR-4530-OKDRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3462-OKEMBiologicalCovid-19
Jul 12, 2019DR-4453-OKDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Jul 25, 2017DR-4324-OKDRTornadoSevere Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Feb 10, 2016DR-4256-OKDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storms And Flooding
May 26, 2015DR-4222-OKDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
May 20, 2013DR-4117-OKDRTornadoSevere Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Feb 2, 2011EM-3316-OKEMSevere StormSevere Winter Storm
Jan 30, 2010EM-3308-OKEMSevere StormSevere Winter Storm
Feb 15, 2009DR-1820-OKDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Tornadoes
May 9, 2008DR-1754-OKDRFloodSevere Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Dec 10, 2007EM-3280-OKEMSevere Ice StormSevere Winter Storms
Jul 7, 2007DR-1712-OKDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes
Feb 1, 2007DR-1678-OKDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storms
Jan 14, 2007EM-3272-OKEMSevere Ice StormSevere Winter Storms And Flooding
Jan 10, 2006DR-1623-OKDRFireExtreme Wildfire Threat
Sep 5, 2005EM-3219-OKEMHurricaneHurricane Katrina Evacuation
Jun 29, 2001DR-1384-OKDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Flooding, And Tornadoes
Jan 5, 2001DR-1355-OKDRSevere Ice StormSevere Winter Ice Storm
Dec 28, 2000EM-3158-OKEMSevere Ice StormSevere Winter And Ice Storm
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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 Oklahoma'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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