Disaster Data / States / Washington D.C. / District of Columbia County
CountyDistrict of Columbia County recorded 12 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 7 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 19 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm.
Highlighted: District of Columbia County, DC
Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 26, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
The federal disaster record for District of Columbia County runs between 2000 and 2026, covering 19 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Covid-19 Pandemic in 2020. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, hurricane, and snowstorm.
Past 12 months
District of Columbia County has been named in 1 federal declaration in the past 12 months. The figures are what FEMA has reported for District of Columbia County to date and grow as recovery continues. It falls in a complete fiscal year and is counted in the totals above.
| Declaration | Declared | Households approved | Individual Assistance | Public Assistance obligated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EM-3643-DCEmergency · Other | Feb 20, 2026Incident period Jan 19 to Mar 14, 2026 | None reported | None reported | 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, with the same figures for every place it covers.
Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.
Approximately 62.6% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.
Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation
The NRI combines expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience to describe relative natural-hazard risk. FEMA NRI documentation
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.
| Assistance type | Approved amount |
|---|---|
| Repair and replacement | $403,101 |
| Rental assistance | $256,397 |
| Other needs | $6,889,364 |
Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated to this jurisdiction to reduce future disaster losses, across the FEMA mitigation programs. This is the record of past mitigation investment a local hazard mitigation plan documents. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited, and are separate from the Public Assistance funding above.
| Program | Projects | Federal share obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP) | 20 | $8,587,650 |
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM) | 7 | $5,687,640 |
| Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation(LPDM) | 1 | $1,383,069 |
| Flood Mitigation Assistance(FMA) | 6 | $336,350 |
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 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.
Showing 19 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2026 | EM-3643-DC | EM | Other | Sewer Line Collapse |
| Jan 11, 2021 | EM-3553-DC | EM | Other | 59Th Presidential Inauguration |
| Mar 29, 2020 | DR-4502-DC | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3447-DC | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Mar 4, 2016 | DR-4260-DC | DR | Snowstorm | Snowstorm |
| Dec 5, 2012 | DR-4096-DC | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Sandy |
| Oct 28, 2012 | EM-3352-DC | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Sandy |
| Jul 31, 2012 | DR-4073-DC | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms |
| Nov 8, 2011 | DR-4044-DC | DR | Earthquake | Earthquake |
| Sep 28, 2011 | DR-4036-DC | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Irene |
| Aug 28, 2011 | EM-3337-DC | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Irene |
| Mar 24, 2010 | DR-1890-DC | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storms And Snowstorms |
| Mar 3, 2010 | DR-1882-DC | DR | Snowstorm | Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm |
| Sep 7, 2005 | EM-3226-DC | EM | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| Sep 20, 2003 | DR-1493-DC | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Isabel |
| Mar 14, 2003 | EM-3178-DC | EM | Severe Storm | Snow |
| Aug 16, 2001 | DR-1389-DC | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding And Mudslides |
| Aug 17, 2000 | DR-1338-DC | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Thunderstorms |
| Apr 10, 2000 | DR-1325-DC | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
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 Washington D.C.'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). Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in the tables on this page but are not counted in the totals until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.
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