Gillespie County, Texas

Name: Gillespie County, Texas FEMA disaster declarations
Creator: Disaster Data

Gillespie County recorded 13 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 7 major disasters, 5 emergencies, and 1 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is hurricane.

Declarations since FY2000

Major disasters (DR)

Emergencies (EM)

Fire management (FM)

Jul 2026

Most recent

$9.6M

Federal PA obligated (top: utilities)

The federal disaster record for Gillespie County runs between 2002 and 2025, covering 13 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storm in 2023. The hazards behind these declarations were most often hurricane, fire, and biological. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $9.6 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for utilities.

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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.

Category	Projects	Federal share obligated
Utilities(F)	3	$8,616,009
Management costs(Z)	3	$497,054
Roads and bridges(C)	19	$198,115
Emergency protective measures(B)	6	$160,598
Buildings and equipment(E)	2	$56,335
Debris removal(A)	5	$23,159
Parks and recreation(G)	1	$8,166
All categories	39	$9,559,436

Most common hazards

Hurricane 3
Fire 3
Biological 2
Severe Ice Storm 2
Flood 1
Severe Storm 1
Winter Storm 1

Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan

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

Hazard	Date	FEMA declaration	Type
Fire	Mar 15, 2025	FM-5570-TX	FM
Winter Storm	Apr 21, 2023	DR-4705-TX	DR
Severe Ice Storm	Feb 19, 2021	DR-4586-TX	DR
Severe Ice Storm	Feb 14, 2021	EM-3554-TX	EM
Biological	Mar 25, 2020	DR-4485-TX	DR
Biological	Mar 13, 2020	EM-3458-TX	EM
Severe Storm	May 29, 2015	DR-4223-TX	DR
Fire	Mar 14, 2008	EM-3284-TX	EM
Fire	Jan 11, 2006	DR-1624-TX	DR
Hurricane	Sep 24, 2005	DR-1606-TX	DR
Hurricane	Sep 21, 2005	EM-3261-TX	EM
Hurricane	Sep 2, 2005	EM-3216-TX	EM
Flood	Jul 4, 2002	DR-1425-TX	DR

Every declaration on record

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

Showing 13 declarations

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
Mar 15, 2025	FM-5570-TX	FM	Fire	Crabapple Fire
Apr 21, 2023	DR-4705-TX	DR	Winter Storm	Severe Winter Storm
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
Mar 25, 2020	DR-4485-TX	DR	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3458-TX	EM	Biological	Covid-19
May 29, 2015	DR-4223-TX	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds And Flooding
Mar 14, 2008	EM-3284-TX	EM	Fire	Wildfires
Jan 11, 2006	DR-1624-TX	DR	Fire	Extreme Wildfire Threat
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 4, 2002	DR-1425-TX	DR	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding

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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 Texas'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.