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Utah: Federal Disaster Declarations

Utah has recorded 48 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 11 major disasters, 2 emergencies, and 35 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is fire. It ranks #26 nationally by total declarations.

48
Declarations since FY2000
11
Major disasters (DR)
2
Emergencies (EM)
35
Fire management (FM)
2
Requests denied
4.0%
Denial rate
#26
National rank by declarations
22.2
Avg days to a decision

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Most common hazards

All declarations on record

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

Showing 48 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Jul 16, 2025FM-5600-UTFMFireMonroe Canyon Fire
Jul 12, 2025FM-5598-UTFMFireDeer Creek Fire
Jun 20, 2025FM-5591-UTFMFireForsyth Fire
Jul 7, 2024FM-5504-UTFMFireSilver King Fire
Dec 23, 2023DR-4752-UTDRFloodFlooding
Aug 14, 2021FM-5408-UTFMFireParleys Canyon Fire
Jun 10, 2021FM-5391-UTFMFirePack Creek Fire
Jun 5, 2021FM-5388-UTFMFireMammoth Fire
Jan 12, 2021DR-4578-UTDRSevere StormStraight-Line Winds
Sep 7, 2020FM-5353-UTFMFireEther Hollow Fire
Jul 13, 2020FM-5321-UTFMFireVeyo West Fire
Jul 9, 2020DR-4548-UTDREarthquakeEarthquake And Aftershocks
Jun 28, 2020FM-5318-UTFMFireKnolls Fire
Jun 28, 2020FM-5317-UTFMFireCanal Fire
Apr 4, 2020DR-4525-UTDRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3478-UTEMBiologicalCovid-19
Aug 30, 2019FM-5292-UTFMFireGun Range Fire
Sep 21, 2018FM-5277-UTFMFireBald Mountain Fire
Aug 6, 2018FM-5267-UTFMFireHilltop Fire
Jul 2, 2018FM-5248-UTFMFireDollar Ridge Fire
Sep 5, 2017FM-5206-UTFMFireUintah Fire
Jun 18, 2017FM-5185-UTFMFireBrian Head Fire
Apr 21, 2017DR-4311-UTDRFloodSevere Winter Storms And Flooding
Jun 21, 2016FM-5130-UTFMFireSaddle Fire
Jul 21, 2014FM-5065-UTFMFireAnaconda Fire
Aug 13, 2013FM-5044-UTFMFireRockport Five Fire
Nov 3, 2012DR-4088-UTDRFloodSevere Storm And Flooding
Jul 2, 2012FM-2994-UTFMFireShingle Fire
Jun 29, 2012FM-2991-UTFMFireRose Crest Fire
Jun 27, 2012FM-2990-UTFMFireClay Springs Fire
Jun 24, 2012FM-2986-UTFMFireWood Hollow Fire
Jun 22, 2012FM-2983-UTFMFireDump Fire
Feb 1, 2012DR-4053-UTDRSevere StormSevere Storm
Aug 8, 2011DR-4011-UTDRFloodFlooding
Feb 11, 2011DR-1955-UTDRFloodSevere Winter Storm And Flooding
Sep 19, 2010FM-2859-UTFMFireMachine Gun Fire
Aug 30, 2009FM-2831-UTFMFireMill Flat Fire
Jul 21, 2007FM-2715-UTFMFireSalt Creek Fire
Jul 7, 2007FM-2707-UTFMFireMilford Flat Fire
Jun 30, 2007FM-2703-UTFMFireNeola North Fire
Sep 5, 2005EM-3223-UTEMCoastal StormHurricane Katrina Evacuation
Aug 1, 2005DR-1598-UTDRFloodFlooding And Landslides
Jun 27, 2005FM-2564-UTFMFireBlue Springs Fire
Feb 1, 2005DR-1576-UTDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Jun 16, 2004FM-2521-UTFMFireBrookside Fire
Jul 15, 2003FM-2480-UTFMFireUt-Causey Fire 07/14/2003
Jul 1, 2002FM-2437-UTFMFireUt - Mustang Fire - 07/01/2002
Aug 19, 2001FM-2381-UTFMFireUt - Mollie Fire - 08/19/01

Denied requests

FEMA turned down 2 declaration requests from Utah since FY2000, a denial rate of 4.0%. Denials are tracked in a separate FEMA dataset from approved declarations.

DateTypeHazard
Oct 19, 2022Major DisasterFlood
Oct 22, 2014Major DisasterFlood
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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.

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