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Kenedy County, Texas

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

Kenedy County recorded 17 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 6 major disasters, 11 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is hurricane.

Highlighted: Kenedy County, TX

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

Declarations since FY2000

Major disasters (DR)

Emergencies (EM)

Fire management (FM)

Jul 2024

Most recent

The federal disaster record for Kenedy County runs between 2005 and 2024, covering 17 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Hurricane Beryl in 2024. The hazards behind these declarations were most often hurricane, fire, and biological.

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 48261

CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI

66.8

overall percentile nationally

Approximately 66.8% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status64.5

Household characteristics99.2

Racial and ethnic minority status100.0

Housing type and transportation4.3

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

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025

28.4

overall risk score

Very Low

Expected annual loss$6.8MVery Low

NRI social vulnerability69.1Relatively High

Community resilience0.8Very 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.

Most common hazards

Hurricane 11
Fire 2
Biological 2
Severe Ice Storm 2

Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan

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

Hazard	Date	FEMA declaration	Type
Hurricane	Jul 9, 2024	DR-4798-TX	DR
Severe Ice Storm	Feb 19, 2021	DR-4586-TX	DR
Severe Ice Storm	Feb 14, 2021	EM-3554-TX	EM
Hurricane	Aug 24, 2020	EM-3540-TX	EM
Hurricane	Jul 26, 2020	EM-3530-TX	EM
Biological	Mar 25, 2020	DR-4485-TX	DR
Biological	Mar 13, 2020	EM-3458-TX	EM
Hurricane	Jun 29, 2010	EM-3313-TX	EM
Hurricane	Sep 10, 2008	EM-3294-TX	EM
Hurricane	Aug 29, 2008	EM-3290-TX	EM
Hurricane	Jul 24, 2008	DR-1780-TX	DR
Fire	Mar 14, 2008	EM-3284-TX	EM
Hurricane	Aug 18, 2007	EM-3277-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

Every declaration on record

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

Showing 17 declarations

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
Jul 9, 2024	DR-4798-TX	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Beryl
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
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
Jun 29, 2010	EM-3313-TX	EM	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Alex
Sep 10, 2008	EM-3294-TX	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Ike
Aug 29, 2008	EM-3290-TX	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Gustav
Jul 24, 2008	DR-1780-TX	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Dolly
Mar 14, 2008	EM-3284-TX	EM	Fire	Wildfires
Aug 18, 2007	EM-3277-TX	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Dean
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

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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.

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