Ward County recorded 9 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 4 major disasters, 5 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is hurricane.
Highlighted: Ward County, TX
Totals: FY2000–FY2025 · Page last rebuilt Sep 12, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
9
Declarations since FY2000
4
Major disasters (DR)
5
Emergencies (EM)
0
Fire management (FM)
Feb 2021
Most recent
The federal disaster record for Ward County runs between 2005 and 2021, covering 9 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms in 2021. 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 48475
CDC / ATSDR
Social Vulnerability Index
2022 county-level SVI
72.4
overall percentile nationally
Approximately 72.4% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.
Socioeconomic status65.5
Household characteristics84.1
Racial and ethnic minority status93.5
Housing type and transportation39.9
Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation
FEMA
National Risk Index
December 2025
15.4
overall risk score
Very Low
Expected annual loss$4.1MVery Low
NRI social vulnerability82.9Very High
Community resilience12.7Very 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.
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.
11
valid registrations
8
households approved
$65,939
total IHP approved
Assistance type
Approved amount
Other needs
$65,939
Most common hazards
Hurricane 3
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 Ward County, sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.
Hazard
Date
FEMA declaration
Type
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
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
Every declaration on record
DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance
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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