Texas: Federal Disaster Declarations

Name: Texas FEMA disaster declarations (FY2000 to FY2025)
Creator: Disaster Data

Texas has recorded 214 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 39 major disasters, 14 emergencies, and 161 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is fire. It ranks #2 nationally by total declarations.

214

Declarations since FY2000

Major disasters (DR)

Emergencies (EM)

161

Fire management (FM)

Requests denied

10.1%

Denial rate

National rank by declarations

7.8

Avg days to a decision

Browse all 257 jurisdictions in Texas, each with its full declaration history and a ready-to-use mitigation-plan table →

Most common hazards

Fire 165
Hurricane 16
Flood 11
Severe Storm 9
Severe Ice Storm 3
Biological 3
Other 3
Coastal Storm 2

All declarations on record

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

Showing 214 declarations

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
Jul 6, 2025	DR-4879-TX	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
May 21, 2025	DR-4871-TX	DR	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding
Mar 20, 2025	FM-5573-TX	FM	Fire	Pauline Road Fire
Mar 18, 2025	FM-5571-TX	FM	Fire	Double S Fire
Mar 15, 2025	FM-5570-TX	FM	Fire	Crabapple Fire
Mar 14, 2025	FM-5555-TX	FM	Fire	Rest Area Fire
Mar 5, 2025	FM-5553-TX	FM	Fire	Duke Fire
Mar 4, 2025	FM-5552-TX	FM	Fire	Welder Fire
Jul 9, 2024	DR-4798-TX	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Beryl
May 17, 2024	DR-4781-TX	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Feb 27, 2024	FM-5488-TX	FM	Fire	Smokehouse Creek Fire
Feb 27, 2024	FM-5487-TX	FM	Fire	Windy Deuce Fire
Apr 21, 2023	DR-4705-TX	DR	Winter Storm	Severe Winter Storm
Jul 19, 2022	FM-5444-TX	FM	Fire	Chalk Mountain Fire
Jul 7, 2022	FM-5443-TX	FM	Fire	Hard Castle Fire
May 18, 2022	FM-5440-TX	FM	Fire	Mesquite Heat Fire
Mar 20, 2022	FM-5429-TX	FM	Fire	Big L Fire
Mar 18, 2022	FM-5428-TX	FM	Fire	Wheat Field Fire
Mar 17, 2022	FM-5427-TX	FM	Fire	Kidd Fire
Dec 15, 2021	FM-5422-TX	FM	Fire	North 207 Fire
Dec 10, 2021	FM-5420-TX	FM	Fire	County Line Fire
Feb 19, 2021	DR-4586-TX	DR	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storms
Feb 14, 2021	EM-3554-TX	EM	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storm
Dec 9, 2020	DR-4572-TX	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Laura
Aug 24, 2020	EM-3540-TX	EM	Hurricane	Tropical Storms Marco And Laura
Jul 26, 2020	EM-3530-TX	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Hanna
Mar 25, 2020	DR-4485-TX	DR	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3458-TX	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3501-TX	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Oct 4, 2019	DR-4466-TX	DR	Flood	Tropical Storm Imelda
Aug 18, 2019	FM-5288-TX	FM	Fire	Copper Breaks Fire
Jul 17, 2019	DR-4454-TX	DR	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding
Feb 25, 2019	DR-4416-TX	DR	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding
Jul 29, 2018	FM-5264-TX	FM	Fire	Park Road Fire
Jul 23, 2018	FM-5258-TX	FM	Fire	259 Fire
Jul 6, 2018	DR-4377-TX	DR	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding
May 2, 2018	FM-5237-TX	FM	Fire	Mcdannald Fire
Apr 18, 2018	FM-5235-TX	FM	Fire	Mcclellan Fire
Apr 14, 2018	FM-5234-TX	FM	Fire	335 Fire
Apr 13, 2018	FM-5233-TX	FM	Fire	Harbor Bay Fire
Aug 25, 2017	DR-4332-TX	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Harvey
Jun 11, 2016	DR-4272-TX	DR	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding
Apr 25, 2016	DR-4269-TX	DR	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding
Mar 19, 2016	DR-4266-TX	DR	Flood	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Feb 9, 2016	DR-4255-TX	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Nov 25, 2015	DR-4245-TX	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Oct 14, 2015	FM-5116-TX	FM	Fire	Hidden Pines Fire
May 29, 2015	DR-4223-TX	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds And Flooding
May 12, 2014	FM-5053-TX	FM	Fire	Double Diamond Fire
Dec 20, 2013	DR-4159-TX	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Aug 2, 2013	DR-4136-TX	DR	Other	Explosion
Apr 19, 2013	EM-3363-TX	EM	Other	Explosion
Apr 30, 2012	FM-2976-TX	FM	Fire	Livermore Ranch Fire Complex
Sep 9, 2011	DR-4029-TX	DR	Fire	Wildfires
Sep 9, 2011	FM-2968-TX	FM	Fire	Pat Gross Fire
Sep 8, 2011	FM-2967-TX	FM	Fire	Big Oak Fire
Sep 6, 2011	FM-2964-TX	FM	Fire	Riley Road Fire
Sep 6, 2011	FM-2965-TX	FM	Fire	Bear Creek Fire
Sep 6, 2011	FM-2963-TX	FM	Fire	Moonglow Fire
Sep 6, 2011	FM-2962-TX	FM	Fire	Tamina Fire
Sep 5, 2011	FM-2960-TX	FM	Fire	Steiner Ranch Fire
Sep 5, 2011	FM-2959-TX	FM	Fire	Pedernales Bend Fire
Sep 4, 2011	FM-2958-TX	FM	Fire	Bastrop County Fire Complex
Sep 4, 2011	FM-2957-TX	FM	Fire	Hodde Fire
Aug 30, 2011	FM-2952-TX	FM	Fire	101 Ranch Fire
Aug 15, 2011	FM-2949-TX	FM	Fire	Horseshoe Fire
Jul 11, 2011	FM-2937-TX	FM	Fire	Nolan County Fire Complex
Jul 1, 2011	DR-1999-TX	DR	Fire	Wildfires
Jun 21, 2011	FM-2930-TX	FM	Fire	Boyken Road Fire
Jun 21, 2011	FM-2931-TX	FM	Fire	White Hat Fire
Jun 20, 2011	FM-2927-TX	FM	Fire	Dyer Mill Fire
Jun 20, 2011	FM-2928-TX	FM	Fire	Mcdonald 2 Fire
Jun 20, 2011	FM-2929-TX	FM	Fire	Cowboy Church Fire
Jun 18, 2011	FM-2926-TX	FM	Fire	Powerline Fire
Jun 18, 2011	FM-2925-TX	FM	Fire	County Line Fire
Jun 17, 2011	FM-2924-TX	FM	Fire	Forest Brook Fire
Jun 16, 2011	FM-2922-TX	FM	Fire	Grand Mesa Fire
Jun 3, 2011	FM-2916-TX	FM	Fire	Snyder Fire
Jun 2, 2011	FM-2914-TX	FM	Fire	Tejano Canyon Fire
May 29, 2011	FM-2912-TX	FM	Fire	Pitt Road Fire
May 29, 2011	FM-2913-TX	FM	Fire	Stone Ridge Fire
May 29, 2011	FM-2911-TX	FM	Fire	Reimer Fire
May 24, 2011	FM-2910-TX	FM	Fire	Ceed Fire
May 9, 2011	FM-2908-TX	FM	Fire	Matt Loop Fire
May 8, 2011	FM-2906-TX	FM	Fire	Gage Holland Fire
Apr 30, 2011	FM-2904-TX	FM	Fire	Waggoner Ranch Fire
Apr 30, 2011	FM-2905-TX	FM	Fire	Sisk Road Fire
Apr 29, 2011	FM-2903-TX	FM	Fire	Oasis Pipeline Fire
Apr 27, 2011	FM-2901-TX	FM	Fire	Pleasant Farms Fire
Apr 21, 2011	FM-2899-TX	FM	Fire	148/2332 Fire
Apr 17, 2011	FM-2896-TX	FM	Fire	Bryson Fire Complex
Apr 17, 2011	FM-2898-TX	FM	Fire	Pinnacle Fire
Apr 16, 2011	FM-2893-TX	FM	Fire	Hohertz Fire
Apr 16, 2011	FM-2895-TX	FM	Fire	Pk East Fire
Apr 16, 2011	FM-2894-TX	FM	Fire	East Sidwynicks Fire
Apr 15, 2011	FM-2891-TX	FM	Fire	Wichita Fire Complex
Apr 15, 2011	FM-2892-TX	FM	Fire	Wildcat Fire
Apr 15, 2011	FM-2889-TX	FM	Fire	Cooper Mountain Ranch Fire
Apr 15, 2011	FM-2888-TX	FM	Fire	Pk West Fire
Apr 9, 2011	FM-2885-TX	FM	Fire	Rockhouse Fire
Apr 9, 2011	FM-2886-TX	FM	Fire	Hickman Fire
Apr 9, 2011	FM-2884-TX	FM	Fire	Swenson Fire
Apr 5, 2011	FM-2882-TX	FM	Fire	El Cenizo Fire
Apr 3, 2011	FM-2881-TX	FM	Fire	Bates Field Fire
Mar 12, 2011	FM-2870-TX	FM	Fire	Big Trickle Ranch Fire
Mar 11, 2011	FM-2867-TX	FM	Fire	Enmin Fire
Feb 28, 2011	FM-2865-TX	FM	Fire	Mitchell Fire Complex
Feb 27, 2011	FM-2862-TX	FM	Fire	Willow Creek South Fire Complex
Feb 27, 2011	FM-2864-TX	FM	Fire	Tanglewood Fire Complex
Feb 27, 2011	FM-2863-TX	FM	Fire	Matador Fire
Aug 3, 2010	DR-1931-TX	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Alex
Jun 29, 2010	EM-3313-TX	EM	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Alex
Apr 10, 2009	FM-2810-TX	FM	Fire	Breckenridge Fire
Apr 10, 2009	FM-2805-TX	FM	Fire	Electra West Fire
Apr 10, 2009	FM-2806-TX	FM	Fire	Montague Fire Complex
Apr 10, 2009	FM-2814-TX	FM	Fire	1148 Fire
Apr 10, 2009	FM-2815-TX	FM	Fire	617 Fire
Apr 10, 2009	FM-2807-TX	FM	Fire	Cement Mountain Fire
Apr 7, 2009	FM-2804-TX	FM	Fire	Steel Fire
Apr 5, 2009	FM-2803-TX	FM	Fire	Holiday Beach Fire
Apr 4, 2009	FM-2802-TX	FM	Fire	Magic City Fire
Apr 3, 2009	FM-2801-TX	FM	Fire	Lagarto Fire
Mar 20, 2009	FM-2800-TX	FM	Fire	Greenwood Fire
Mar 5, 2009	FM-2798-TX	FM	Fire	Tuscola Fire
Mar 3, 2009	FM-2797-TX	FM	Fire	Loma Del Norte Fire
Feb 28, 2009	FM-2796-TX	FM	Fire	Wilderness Ridge Fire
Feb 27, 2009	FM-2795-TX	FM	Fire	Rhodes Ranch Fire
Feb 25, 2009	FM-2794-TX	FM	Fire	Clyde Fire
Sep 13, 2008	DR-1791-TX	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Ike
Sep 10, 2008	EM-3294-TX	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Ike
Aug 29, 2008	EM-3290-TX	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Gustav
Aug 7, 2008	FM-2785-TX	FM	Fire	Florence Fire
Jul 24, 2008	DR-1780-TX	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Dolly
Jun 16, 2008	FM-2774-TX	FM	Fire	Camp Bowie Fire
Jun 4, 2008	FM-2768-TX	FM	Fire	Hughes Ranch Fire
Jun 3, 2008	FM-2767-TX	FM	Fire	Rein Street Fire
May 1, 2008	FM-2764-TX	FM	Fire	Price Fire
Apr 16, 2008	FM-2761-TX	FM	Fire	Hebbronville Fire
Apr 10, 2008	FM-2759-TX	FM	Fire	Parker Fire
Mar 31, 2008	FM-2758-TX	FM	Fire	Kentwood Fire
Mar 27, 2008	FM-2757-TX	FM	Fire	Silver Heels Fire
Mar 19, 2008	FM-2755-TX	FM	Fire	Encino Fire
Mar 19, 2008	FM-2754-TX	FM	Fire	Burns Ranch Fire
Mar 15, 2008	FM-2753-TX	FM	Fire	322 Fire
Mar 14, 2008	EM-3284-TX	EM	Fire	Wildfires
Mar 14, 2008	FM-2752-TX	FM	Fire	Eighty-Two Fire
Mar 14, 2008	FM-2751-TX	FM	Fire	Old Bastrop Highway Fire Complex
Mar 12, 2008	FM-2750-TX	FM	Fire	Arabella Fire
Mar 4, 2008	FM-2749-TX	FM	Fire	La Perla Fire
Feb 28, 2008	FM-2748-TX	FM	Fire	New Archer Fire
Feb 25, 2008	FM-2747-TX	FM	Fire	Silver Fire
Feb 25, 2008	FM-2745-TX	FM	Fire	South Odessa Fire
Feb 23, 2008	FM-2744-TX	FM	Fire	Scurry Fire Complex
Feb 13, 2008	FM-2743-TX	FM	Fire	Broadway Fire
Feb 8, 2008	FM-2742-TX	FM	Fire	Chevron Fire
Oct 2, 2007	DR-1730-TX	DR	Severe Storm	Tropical Storm Erin
Aug 18, 2007	EM-3277-TX	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Dean
Jun 29, 2007	DR-1709-TX	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
May 1, 2007	DR-1697-TX	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Tornadoes
Nov 15, 2006	FM-2680-TX	FM	Fire	Rim Rock Fire
Sep 14, 2006	FM-2675-TX	FM	Fire	Moore Road Fire
Aug 19, 2006	FM-2667-TX	FM	Fire	Caddo Ii Fire Complex
Aug 16, 2006	FM-2666-TX	FM	Fire	Purgatory Road Fire
Aug 15, 2006	DR-1658-TX	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
Jun 27, 2006	FM-2651-TX	FM	Fire	North Trinity Fire
May 26, 2006	FM-2639-TX	FM	Fire	Lake Olympia Fire
Feb 5, 2006	FM-2629-TX	FM	Fire	Venus Fire Complex
Jan 19, 2006	FM-2621-TX	FM	Fire	Huntington Brook Fire
Jan 19, 2006	FM-2622-TX	FM	Fire	Orchard Fire
Jan 15, 2006	FM-2620-TX	FM	Fire	Caddo Fire
Jan 13, 2006	FM-2619-TX	FM	Fire	Lockhart Fire
Jan 11, 2006	DR-1624-TX	DR	Fire	Extreme Wildfire Threat
Jan 11, 2006	FM-2617-TX	FM	Fire	Niederwald Fire
Jan 8, 2006	FM-2614-TX	FM	Fire	Hawkins Fire
Jan 7, 2006	FM-2612-TX	FM	Fire	Cedar Creek Fire
Jan 5, 2006	FM-2609-TX	FM	Fire	Bulverde Fire
Jan 5, 2006	FM-2610-TX	FM	Fire	Rosewood Fire
Jan 5, 2006	FM-2611-TX	FM	Fire	Mill Creek Fire
Jan 1, 2006	FM-2596-TX	FM	Fire	Carbon Fire
Jan 1, 2006	FM-2598-TX	FM	Fire	Ringgold Fire
Dec 28, 2005	FM-2591-TX	FM	Fire	Callahan County Fire
Dec 28, 2005	FM-2593-TX	FM	Fire	Kennedale Fire
Sep 24, 2005	DR-1606-TX	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Rita
Sep 21, 2005	EM-3261-TX	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Rita
Sep 2, 2005	EM-3216-TX	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation
Jul 17, 2003	DR-1479-TX	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Claudette
Feb 1, 2003	EM-3171-TX	EM	Other	Loss Of The Space Shuttle Columbia
Nov 5, 2002	DR-1439-TX	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding
Sep 26, 2002	DR-1434-TX	DR	Coastal Storm	Tropical Storm Fay
Jul 4, 2002	DR-1425-TX	DR	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding
Jun 9, 2001	DR-1379-TX	DR	Coastal Storm	Tx-Tropical Storm Allison-06-06-2001
Jan 8, 2001	DR-1356-TX	DR	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Ice Storm
Jan 5, 2001	FM-2351-TX	FM	Fire	Tx - Alsbury Fire - 08/29/00
Jan 5, 2001	FM-2352-TX	FM	Fire	Tx - Amhurst Street Fire - 09/04/00
Oct 3, 2000	FM-2344-TX	FM	Fire	Tx - Quail Run Fire - 10/03/00
Sep 18, 2000	FM-2340-TX	FM	Fire	Tx-Pine Cove Fire-9/18/00
Sep 10, 2000	FM-2336-TX	FM	Fire	Tx-Milam Street Fire-9/9/00
Sep 8, 2000	FM-2335-TX	FM	Fire	Tx-Deep Creek Fire-9/8/00
Sep 7, 2000	FM-2333-TX	FM	Fire	Tx - Mesquite Creek Fire - 09/08/00
Sep 7, 2000	FM-2334-TX	FM	Fire	Tx - Frost Fire - 09/08/00
Sep 5, 2000	FM-2332-TX	FM	Fire	Tx - Warren Chapel Fire - 09/04/00
Sep 5, 2000	FM-2330-TX	FM	Fire	Tx - Sheppard Reese Fire - 09/04/00
Sep 5, 2000	FM-2331-TX	FM	Fire	Tx - Peach Creek Fire - 09/04/00
Sep 4, 2000	FM-2329-TX	FM	Fire	Tx - Stanley Mainline Fire - 09/04/00
Sep 3, 2000	FM-2328-TX	FM	Fire	Tx - Moore Branch Fire - 09/03/00
Aug 31, 2000	FM-2327-TX	FM	Fire	Tx - Ranger Hill Fire - 8/30/00
Aug 26, 2000	FM-2325-TX	FM	Fire	Tx - Live Oak Loop Fire
Aug 23, 2000	FM-2322-TX	FM	Fire	Tx-Chicken Fire-0823-00
Apr 7, 2000	DR-1323-TX	DR	Tornado	Severe Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding
Jan 5, 2000	FM-2291-TX	FM	Fire	Bob'S Trail Fire
Jan 4, 2000	FM-2290-TX	FM	Fire	Purgatory Fire
Jan 3, 2000	FM-2289-TX	FM	Fire	Saddleback Fire
Nov 22, 1999	FM-2287-TX	FM	Fire	Jordan Creek Fire
Oct 26, 1999	FM-2286-TX	FM	Fire	Bluestem Fire

Denied requests

FEMA turned down 24 declaration requests from Texas since FY2000, a denial rate of 10.1%. Denials are tracked in a separate FEMA dataset from approved declarations.

Date	Type	Hazard
Feb 7, 2023	Major Disaster	Severe Storm
Sep 20, 2021	Emergency	Other
Sep 30, 2020	Major Disaster	Hurricane
Jan 14, 2020	Major Disaster	Tornado
Jan 17, 2014	Major Disaster	Severe Storm
Apr 22, 2013	Major Disaster	Other
Sep 20, 2010	Major Disaster	Other
Aug 18, 2009	Emergency	Fire
Apr 16, 2009	Major Disaster	Fire
Feb 25, 2009	Emergency	Fire

Declarations not attributed to a specific locality

2 declarations in Texas applied statewide, or to areas FEMA did not tie to a single county or equivalent, such as wildfire management zones. They are included in the state totals above but do not appear on any individual jurisdiction page.

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
Apr 10, 2009	FM-2807-TX	FM	Fire	Cement Mountain Fire
Mar 3, 2009	FM-2797-TX	FM	Fire	Loma Del Norte Fire

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How these numbers are built

Every figure is drawn from FEMA's OpenFEMA datasets: the Disaster Declarations Summaries for declarations and the Declaration Denials dataset for turndowns, rebuilt automatically each week. A "declaration" is one unique combination of declaration type (DR / EM / FM), disaster number, and state, so a single disaster affecting five states counts as five declarations. Years are federal fiscal years (Oct 1 to Sep 30). Totals on this page cover complete fiscal years only; the current 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.