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Clallam County, Washington

Clallam County recorded 20 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 18 major disasters, 2 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is severe storm.

Highlighted: Clallam County, WA

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

20
Declarations since FY2000
18
Major disasters (DR)
2
Emergencies (EM)
0
Fire management (FM)
Apr 2026
Most recent
$20.0M
Federal PA obligated (top: utilities)

The federal disaster record for Clallam County runs between 2001 and 2024, covering 20 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides in 2024. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, flood, and biological. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $20.0 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for utilities.

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 53009
CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI
58.6
overall percentile nationally

Approximately 58.6% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status47.5
Household characteristics61.3
Racial and ethnic minority status51.6
Housing type and transportation68.0

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

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025
89.7
overall risk score
Relatively Moderate
Expected annual loss$63.1MRelatively Moderate
NRI social vulnerability75.6Relatively High
Community resilience63.3Relatively High

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.

Federal Public Assistance by category

Federal share obligated to this jurisdiction under FEMA Public Assistance since 2000, grouped by damage category. Figures are rounded to the nearest dollar and reflect obligations, which may change as projects close out.

CategoryProjectsFederal share obligated
Utilities(F)35$8,771,616
Emergency protective measures(B)72$7,508,162
Roads and bridges(C)32$1,745,443
Parks and recreation(G)30$1,246,107
Debris removal(A)26$538,196
Buildings and equipment(E)34$150,939
Management costs(Z)11$84,101
Water control facilities(D)2$0
All categories242$20,044,564

Recovery funding, how fast it came

For each disaster, the wait from the declaration to the first federal obligation (amber), then the federal share obligating after that (teal), on a shared 5-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 238 days. An obligation is the federal share committed to the recipient state, not funds disbursed to the locality, which comes later and is not shown.

Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides 2024$906K
352 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides 2023$676K
152 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storms, Snowstorms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding 2022$146K
346 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides 2022$5.4M
226 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides 2021$223K
250 days to first federal obligation
Covid-19 Pandemic 2020$6.9M
187 days to first federal obligation
Declared1 yr2 yr3 yr4 yr5 yr

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.

486
valid registrations
199
households approved
$920,112
total IHP approved
Assistance typeApproved amount
Repair and replacement$579,507
Rental assistance$144,900
Other needs$194,484

Hazard mitigation, what has been funded here

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.

$1,559,199
federal mitigation share
15
funded projects
2
properties mitigated
ProgramProjectsFederal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)13$1,422,444
Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM)2$136,755

State declarations (governor)

Emergency declarations issued by the governor of this state, which are separate from and usually precede a federal declaration. A declaration is listed here when NOAA Storm Events recorded reports of the matched hazard in this jurisdiction while the order was in effect. That is evidence of local impact during a declared state emergency. It is not a statement that the governor named this jurisdiction in the order, since most state declarations apply statewide and name no localities at all. Hazard categories come from the order text. Damage figures are NOAA storm report estimates for this jurisdiction only, not the cost of the declaration.

2
state declarations with local storm evidence
38
statewide on record

Archive coverage for Washington: 2013-present structured Governor proclamation archive; 2000-2012 unavailable

SignedOrderDeclarationHazards reported hereReported damage
Nov 15, 202121-18Severe Weather DamageHeavy Rain$150,000
Nov 18, 201515-15State of Emergency (Windstorms & Flooding)Flood$50,000

Source: state executive order archives collected by DisasterData Plus, joined to NOAA Storm Events. See the Plus overview for per-state coverage and method.

Most common hazards

Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan

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

HazardDateFEMA declarationType
Severe StormApr 28, 2024DR-4775-WADR
Severe StormJan 12, 2023DR-4682-WADR
FloodMar 29, 2022DR-4650-WADR
FloodJan 5, 2022DR-4635-WADR
Severe StormApr 8, 2021DR-4593-WADR
BiologicalMar 22, 2020DR-4481-WADR
BiologicalMar 13, 2020EM-3427-WAEM
Severe StormMar 4, 2019DR-4418-WADR
FloodFeb 2, 2016DR-4253-WADR
Severe StormJan 15, 2016DR-4249-WADR
Severe StormOct 15, 2015DR-4242-WADR
Severe StormMar 5, 2012DR-4056-WADR
Severe StormMar 2, 2009DR-1825-WADR
FloodJan 30, 2009DR-1817-WADR
Severe StormDec 8, 2007DR-1734-WADR
Severe StormFeb 14, 2007DR-1682-WADR
Severe StormMay 17, 2006DR-1641-WADR
Coastal StormSep 7, 2005EM-3227-WAEM
Severe StormNov 7, 2003DR-1499-WADR
EarthquakeMar 1, 2001DR-1361-WADR

Every declaration on record

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

Showing 20 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Apr 28, 2024DR-4775-WADRSevere StormSevere Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Jan 12, 2023DR-4682-WADRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Mar 29, 2022DR-4650-WADRFloodSevere Winter Storms, Snowstorms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding
Jan 5, 2022DR-4635-WADRFloodSevere Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Apr 8, 2021DR-4593-WADRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Mar 22, 2020DR-4481-WADRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3427-WAEMBiologicalCovid-19
Mar 4, 2019DR-4418-WADRSevere StormSevere Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, Mudslides, Tornado
Feb 2, 2016DR-4253-WADRFloodSevere Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, Mudslides, And A T
Jan 15, 2016DR-4249-WADRSevere StormSevere Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Oct 15, 2015DR-4242-WADRSevere StormSevere Windstorm
Mar 5, 2012DR-4056-WADRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Mar 2, 2009DR-1825-WADRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm And Record And Near Record Snow
Jan 30, 2009DR-1817-WADRFloodSevere Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, And Flooding
Dec 8, 2007DR-1734-WADRSevere StormSevere Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Feb 14, 2007DR-1682-WADRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm, Landslides, And Mudslides
May 17, 2006DR-1641-WADRSevere StormSevere Storms, Flooding, Tidal Surge, Landslides, And Mudslides
Sep 7, 2005EM-3227-WAEMCoastal StormHurricane Katrina Evacuation
Nov 7, 2003DR-1499-WADRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Mar 1, 2001DR-1361-WADREarthquakeEarthquake
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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 Washington'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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