Disaster Data / States / Utah
Utah: Federal Disaster Declarations
Utah has recorded 11 major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 2 emergency declarations and 40 fire management declarations, 53 in all. Its most common hazard is fire. It ranks #50 nationally by major disasters.
Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 25, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
Past 12 months
Recent declarations and aid so far
Utah has had 6 federal declarations in the past 12 months. The figures are what FEMA has reported to date and grow as recovery continues. The one made since Oct 1, 2026 is from FY2027, so it is added to the complete-year totals above after that year ends on Sep 30, 2027.
| Declaration | Declared | Households approved | Individual Assistance | Public Assistance obligated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR-4948-UTMajor disaster · Flood | Oct 7, 2026Incident period Jul 13 to 24, 2026 | None reported | None reported | None reported yet |
| FM-5665-UTFire management · Fire | Aug 9, 2026 | Not applicable | Not applicable | None reported yet |
| FM-5661-UTFire management · Fire | Aug 2, 2026 | Not applicable | Not applicable | None reported yet |
| FM-5641-UTFire management · Fire | Jun 27, 2026Incident period Jun 27 to Jul 7, 2026 | Not applicable | Not applicable | None reported yet |
| FM-5640-UTFire management · Fire | Jun 23, 2026Incident period Jun 22 to Aug 5, 2026 | Not applicable | Not applicable | None reported yet |
| FM-5639-UTFire management · Fire | Jun 21, 2026Incident period Jun 19 to Jul 3, 2026 | Not applicable | Not applicable | None reported yet |
Individual Assistance is FEMA's Individuals and Households Program, from OpenFEMA's Housing Assistance data for owners and renters. Public Assistance is the obligated federal share from OpenFEMA's grant award activity, which usually starts posting weeks to months after a declaration. Select a declaration number to open its full event profile.
Federal Public Assistance obligated
$531M has been obligated to Utah in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$83M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $2M followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $446M, or 84% of the total, was COVID-19, which every state and county in the country received.
Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out. Totals are summed from funded localities, so a declaration administered entirely at state level may not appear here.
Most common hazards
- Fire 40
- Flood 6
- Severe Storm 3
- Biological 2
- Earthquake 1
- Coastal Storm 1
All declarations on record
Major disaster (DR). The big one. Opens the full toolbox: repair money for public infrastructure, help for households, and mitigation funding to reduce the next loss.
Emergency (EM). Narrower and usually faster, for protective work before or during an incident. Capped, and rarely brings household assistance. Nearly every state and county has one from COVID-19.
Fire management (FM). Cost sharing to fight a wildfire as it burns. Not a disaster declaration, and it does not open recovery programs.
DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance
The totals above count complete fiscal years only. This list also includes one declaration made since Oct 1, 2026 (FY2027); it is added to the totals after that year ends on Sep 30, 2027.
Showing 54 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2026 | DR-4948-UT | DR | Flood | Cottonwood Fire, Flooding, And Mudslides |
| Aug 9, 2026 | FM-5665-UT | FM | Fire | Rocky Canyon Fire |
| Aug 2, 2026 | FM-5661-UT | FM | Fire | Widemouth 2 Fire |
| Jun 27, 2026 | FM-5641-UT | FM | Fire | Cherry Fire |
| Jun 23, 2026 | FM-5640-UT | FM | Fire | Cottonwood Fire |
| Jun 21, 2026 | FM-5639-UT | FM | Fire | Iron Fire |
| Jul 16, 2025 | FM-5600-UT | FM | Fire | Monroe Canyon Fire |
| Jul 12, 2025 | FM-5598-UT | FM | Fire | Deer Creek Fire |
| Jun 20, 2025 | FM-5591-UT | FM | Fire | Forsyth Fire |
| Jul 7, 2024 | FM-5504-UT | FM | Fire | Silver King Fire |
| Dec 23, 2023 | DR-4752-UT | DR | Flood | Flooding |
| Aug 14, 2021 | FM-5408-UT | FM | Fire | Parleys Canyon Fire |
| Jun 10, 2021 | FM-5391-UT | FM | Fire | Pack Creek Fire |
| Jun 5, 2021 | FM-5388-UT | FM | Fire | Mammoth Fire |
| Jan 12, 2021 | DR-4578-UT | DR | Severe Storm | Straight-Line Winds |
| Sep 7, 2020 | FM-5353-UT | FM | Fire | Ether Hollow Fire |
| Jul 13, 2020 | FM-5321-UT | FM | Fire | Veyo West Fire |
| Jul 9, 2020 | DR-4548-UT | DR | Earthquake | Earthquake And Aftershocks |
| Jun 28, 2020 | FM-5317-UT | FM | Fire | Canal Fire |
| Jun 28, 2020 | FM-5318-UT | FM | Fire | Knolls Fire |
| Apr 4, 2020 | DR-4525-UT | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3478-UT | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Aug 30, 2019 | FM-5292-UT | FM | Fire | Gun Range Fire |
| Sep 21, 2018 | FM-5277-UT | FM | Fire | Bald Mountain Fire |
| Aug 6, 2018 | FM-5267-UT | FM | Fire | Hilltop Fire |
| Jul 2, 2018 | FM-5248-UT | FM | Fire | Dollar Ridge Fire |
| Sep 5, 2017 | FM-5206-UT | FM | Fire | Uintah Fire |
| Jun 18, 2017 | FM-5185-UT | FM | Fire | Brian Head Fire |
| Apr 21, 2017 | DR-4311-UT | DR | Flood | Severe Winter Storms And Flooding |
| Jun 21, 2016 | FM-5130-UT | FM | Fire | Saddle Fire |
| Jul 21, 2014 | FM-5065-UT | FM | Fire | Anaconda Fire |
| Aug 13, 2013 | FM-5044-UT | FM | Fire | Rockport Five Fire |
| Nov 3, 2012 | DR-4088-UT | DR | Flood | Severe Storm And Flooding |
| Jul 2, 2012 | FM-2994-UT | FM | Fire | Shingle Fire |
| Jun 29, 2012 | FM-2991-UT | FM | Fire | Rose Crest Fire |
| Jun 27, 2012 | FM-2990-UT | FM | Fire | Clay Springs Fire |
| Jun 24, 2012 | FM-2986-UT | FM | Fire | Wood Hollow Fire |
| Jun 22, 2012 | FM-2983-UT | FM | Fire | Dump Fire |
| Feb 1, 2012 | DR-4053-UT | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storm |
| Aug 8, 2011 | DR-4011-UT | DR | Flood | Flooding |
| Feb 11, 2011 | DR-1955-UT | DR | Flood | Severe Winter Storm And Flooding |
| Sep 19, 2010 | FM-2859-UT | FM | Fire | Machine Gun Fire |
| Aug 30, 2009 | FM-2831-UT | FM | Fire | Mill Flat Fire |
| Jul 21, 2007 | FM-2715-UT | FM | Fire | Salt Creek Fire |
| Jul 7, 2007 | FM-2707-UT | FM | Fire | Milford Flat Fire |
| Jun 30, 2007 | FM-2703-UT | FM | Fire | Neola North Fire |
| Sep 5, 2005 | EM-3223-UT | EM | Coastal Storm | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| Aug 1, 2005 | DR-1598-UT | DR | Flood | Flooding And Landslides |
| Jun 27, 2005 | FM-2564-UT | FM | Fire | Blue Springs Fire |
| Feb 1, 2005 | DR-1576-UT | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Jun 16, 2004 | FM-2521-UT | FM | Fire | Brookside Fire |
| Jul 15, 2003 | FM-2480-UT | FM | Fire | Ut-Causey Fire 07/14/2003 |
| Jul 1, 2002 | FM-2437-UT | FM | Fire | Ut - Mustang Fire - 07/01/2002 |
| Aug 19, 2001 | FM-2381-UT | FM | Fire | Ut - Mollie Fire - 08/19/01 |
Individual Assistance to households
FEMA Individual Assistance to households across Utah, combined across the Housing Assistance owner and renter programs. Valid registrations are households that applied within a designated Individual Assistance area; approved figures are those FEMA found eligible under the Individuals and Households Program. Self-reported, drawn from NEMIS through OpenFEMA, and present only where Individual Assistance was designated.
| Assistance type | Approved amount |
|---|---|
| Repair and replacement | $949K |
| Rental assistance | $132K |
| Other needs | $16M |
Hazard mitigation funded
Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated across Utah to reduce future disaster losses, by program. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited.
| Program | Projects | Federal share obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) | 68 | $38M |
| Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) | 83 | $36M |
| Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) | 7 | $6M |
| Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation (LPDM) | 4 | $3M |
| Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) | 19 | $442K |
Denied requests
FEMA turned down 2 declaration requests from Utah since FY2000, a declaration-request denial rate of 3.6%. This is the President denying a governor or tribal leader's request for a declaration, tracked in a separate FEMA dataset from approved declarations, and is not the same thing as an individual being denied assistance under an approved declaration.
| Date | Type | Hazard |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 19, 2022 | Major Disaster | Flood |
| Oct 22, 2014 | Major Disaster | Flood |
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, ranks, and rates on this page cover complete fiscal years only. Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in each state's declaration tables and its recent-declarations panel, but are not counted in any total until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.