Disaster Data / States / Rhode Island / Washington County
CountyWashington County recorded 18 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 9 major disasters, 8 emergencies, and 1 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is severe storm.
Highlighted: Washington County, RI
Totals: FY2000–FY2025 · Page last rebuilt Sep 12, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
The federal disaster record for Washington County runs between 2003 and 2024, covering 18 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Storm And Flooding in 2024. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, hurricane, and snowstorm. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $25.2 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for emergency protective measures.
Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.
Approximately 13.2% 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
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) | 251 | $18,220,175 |
| Debris removal(A) | 50 | $2,283,081 |
| Roads and bridges(C) | 123 | $1,613,184 |
| Buildings and equipment(E) | 68 | $1,371,577 |
| Parks and recreation(G) | 39 | $1,093,995 |
| Water control facilities(D) | 9 | $401,824 |
| Management costs(Z) | 9 | $139,647 |
| Utilities(F) | 8 | $89,225 |
| All categories | 557 | $25,212,708 |
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 9-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 116 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.
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) | 20 | $18,261,558 |
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM) | 11 | $1,636,435 |
| Flood Mitigation Assistance(FMA) | 4 | $329,221 |
| Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities(BRIC) | 4 | $211,623 |
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 Rhode Island: 2015-present structured Governor archive; State Library 1973-2014 backfill pending
Source: state executive order archives collected by DisasterData Plus, joined to NOAA Storm Events. See the Plus overview for per-state coverage and method.
Every local hazard mitigation plan must document previous occurrences of each hazard. Here is that record for Washington County, sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.
| Hazard | Date | FEMA declaration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Severe Storm | Mar 20, 2024 | DR-4765-RI | DR |
| Severe Storm | Mar 20, 2024 | DR-4766-RI | DR |
| Fire | Apr 14, 2023 | FM-5464-RI | FM |
| Snowstorm | May 12, 2022 | DR-4653-RI | DR |
| Hurricane | Aug 21, 2021 | EM-3563-RI | EM |
| Biological | Mar 30, 2020 | DR-4505-RI | DR |
| Biological | Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3440-RI | EM |
| Severe Storm | Apr 3, 2015 | DR-4212-RI | DR |
| Severe Storm | Mar 22, 2013 | DR-4107-RI | DR |
| Hurricane | Nov 3, 2012 | DR-4089-RI | DR |
| Hurricane | Oct 29, 2012 | EM-3355-RI | EM |
| Hurricane | Sep 3, 2011 | DR-4027-RI | DR |
| Hurricane | Aug 27, 2011 | EM-3334-RI | EM |
| Severe Storm | Mar 30, 2010 | EM-3311-RI | EM |
| Severe Storm | Mar 29, 2010 | DR-1894-RI | DR |
| Hurricane | Sep 19, 2005 | EM-3255-RI | EM |
| Snowstorm | Feb 17, 2005 | EM-3203-RI | EM |
| Snowstorm | Mar 27, 2003 | EM-3182-RI | EM |
DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance
Showing 18 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2024 | DR-4765-RI | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storm And Flooding |
| Mar 20, 2024 | DR-4766-RI | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Apr 14, 2023 | FM-5464-RI | FM | Fire | Queens River Fire |
| May 12, 2022 | DR-4653-RI | DR | Snowstorm | Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm |
| Aug 21, 2021 | EM-3563-RI | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Henri |
| Mar 30, 2020 | DR-4505-RI | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3440-RI | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Apr 3, 2015 | DR-4212-RI | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm |
| Mar 22, 2013 | DR-4107-RI | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm |
| Nov 3, 2012 | DR-4089-RI | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Sandy |
| Oct 29, 2012 | EM-3355-RI | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Sandy |
| Sep 3, 2011 | DR-4027-RI | DR | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Irene |
| Aug 27, 2011 | EM-3334-RI | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Irene |
| Mar 30, 2010 | EM-3311-RI | EM | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Mar 29, 2010 | DR-1894-RI | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Sep 19, 2005 | EM-3255-RI | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| Feb 17, 2005 | EM-3203-RI | EM | Snowstorm | Record Snow |
| Mar 27, 2003 | EM-3182-RI | EM | Snowstorm | Snow |
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 Rhode Island'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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