Disaster Data / States / Washington / Okanogan County
CountyOkanogan County recorded 10 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 5 emergency declarations and 23 fire management declarations, 38 in all. Its most common hazard is fire.
Highlighted: Okanogan County, WA
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 Okanogan County runs between 2000 and 2026, covering 38 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 fire, severe storm, and biological. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $42.5 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for utilities.
Past 12 months
Okanogan County has been named in 3 federal declarations in the past 12 months. The figures are what FEMA has reported for Okanogan County to date and grow as recovery continues. All of them fall in complete fiscal years and are counted in the totals above.
| Declaration | Declared | Households approved | Individual Assistance | Public Assistance obligated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EM-3650-WAEmergency · Fire | Aug 3, 2026Incident period Aug 1 to 31, 2026 | None reported | None reported | None reported yet |
| FM-5657-WAFire management · Fire | Aug 1, 2026 | Not applicable | Not applicable | None reported yet |
| FM-5646-WAFire management · Fire | Jul 17, 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, 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 94.5% 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
$42M has been obligated to Okanogan County in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$33M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $9M, or 22% of the total, was COVID-19, which every county in the country received. $44K appears in FEMA's county totals but is not tied to a single declaration in the obligation timing file, so it is left unattributed here rather than assigned to a type.
Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out.
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.
| Category | Projects | Federal share obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Utilities(F) | 30 | $21,017,204 |
| Emergency protective measures(B) | 64 | $11,621,908 |
| Parks and recreation(G) | 18 | $7,419,348 |
| Roads and bridges(C) | 14 | $1,735,796 |
| Debris removal(A) | 12 | $330,611 |
| Buildings and equipment(E) | 19 | $231,231 |
| Management costs(Z) | 6 | $122,960 |
| All categories | 163 | $42,479,058 |
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 7-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 260 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.
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 |
|---|---|
| Other needs | $119,846 |
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) | 9 | $1,910,002 |
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM) | 2 | $30,523 |
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.
Archive coverage for Washington: 2013-present structured Governor proclamation archive; 2000-2012 unavailable
| Signed | Order | Declaration | Hazards reported here | Reported damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2023 | 23-04 | July Extreme Weather and Flooding in Douglas and Grant counties | Debris Flow, Flash Flood | $5,500 |
| May 11, 2018 | 18-03 | State of Emergency — a combination of above normal snowpack in the mountains, above average temperatures, and recent rainfall has resulted in higher than normal snow melt causing flooding of rivers and streams in Ferry, Okanogan and Pend Oreille counties | Flood | $2,305,260 |
| Apr 24, 2017 | 17-07 | State of Emergency — from Since March 10 through April 21, 2017, a series of severe storms struck Washington, producing extreme rainfall throughout the region | Debris Flow | $80,000 |
| Mar 17, 2017 | 17-04 | State of Emergency — from March 10 through March 20, 2017, a series of severe storms struck Eastern Washington, producing extreme rainfall throughout the region | Debris Flow | $80,000 |
Source: state executive order archives collected by DisasterData Plus, joined to NOAA Storm Events. See the Plus overview for per-state coverage and method.
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 38 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | EM-3650-WA | EM | Fire | Wildfires |
| Aug 1, 2026 | FM-5657-WA | FM | Fire | Sinlahekin Fire |
| Jul 17, 2026 | FM-5646-WA | FM | Fire | Kaiser Canyon Fire |
| Jul 24, 2024 | FM-5518-WA | FM | Fire | Swawilla Fire |
| Apr 28, 2024 | DR-4775-WA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides |
| Jul 30, 2023 | FM-5472-WA | FM | Fire | Eagle Bluff Fire |
| Jan 12, 2023 | DR-4682-WA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides |
| Mar 29, 2022 | DR-4650-WA | DR | Flood | Severe Winter Storms, Snowstorms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding |
| Aug 16, 2021 | FM-5410-WA | FM | Fire | Muckamuck Fire |
| Jul 20, 2021 | FM-5401-WA | FM | Fire | Cedar Creek Fire |
| Apr 8, 2021 | DR-4593-WA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides |
| Feb 4, 2021 | DR-4584-WA | DR | Fire | Wildfires And Straight-Line Winds |
| Sep 7, 2020 | FM-5351-WA | FM | Fire | Cold Springs/Pearl Hill Fire |
| Aug 20, 2020 | FM-5337-WA | FM | Fire | Palmer Fire |
| Jul 28, 2020 | FM-5323-WA | FM | Fire | Anglin Fire |
| Mar 22, 2020 | DR-4481-WA | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3427-WA | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Oct 20, 2015 | DR-4243-WA | DR | Fire | Wildfires And Mudslides |
| Aug 21, 2015 | EM-3372-WA | EM | Fire | Wildfires |
| Aug 19, 2015 | FM-5106-WA | FM | Fire | Twisp River Fire |
| Aug 15, 2015 | FM-5104-WA | FM | Fire | Okanagan County Fire Complex |
| Aug 14, 2015 | FM-5098-WA | FM | Fire | Nine Mile Fire |
| Aug 14, 2015 | FM-5100-WA | FM | Fire | Chelan Fire Complex |
| Aug 11, 2014 | DR-4188-WA | DR | Fire | Wildfires |
| Jul 23, 2014 | EM-3371-WA | EM | Fire | Wildfires |
| Jul 17, 2014 | FM-5062-WA | FM | Fire | Carlton Complex Fire |
| Sep 25, 2012 | DR-4083-WA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storm, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding |
| Aug 22, 2009 | FM-2826-WA | FM | Fire | Oden Road Fire |
| Jul 16, 2007 | FM-2714-WA | FM | Fire | Tunk Grade Fire |
| Sep 7, 2005 | EM-3227-WA | EM | Coastal Storm | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| Nov 7, 2003 | DR-1499-WA | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Sep 6, 2003 | FM-2498-WA | FM | Fire | Wa-Needle Fire-09-06-2003 |
| Jul 16, 2003 | FM-2481-WA | FM | Fire | Wa-Okanogan City Fire-07-16-2003 |
| Jul 25, 2002 | FM-2451-WA | FM | Fire | Wa - Pickens Fire - 07/24/02 |
| Aug 16, 2001 | FM-2376-WA | FM | Fire | Wa Tonasket Fire Complex 2376 |
| Aug 14, 2001 | FM-2372-WA | FM | Fire | Wa - Virginia Lakes Complex - 2372 |
| Aug 14, 2001 | FM-2373-WA | FM | Fire | Wa Brewster Fire Complex 2373 |
| Jul 22, 2000 | FM-2313-WA | FM | Fire | Wa-Wildfire-07-24-2000 |
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). 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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