Pierce County, Washington

Name: Pierce County, Washington FEMA disaster declarations
Creator: Disaster Data

Pierce County recorded 11 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 8 major disasters, 2 emergencies, and 1 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is severe storm.

Declarations since FY2000

Major disasters (DR)

Emergencies (EM)

Fire management (FM)

Apr 2026

Most recent

$492.4M

Federal PA obligated (top: emergency protective measures)

The federal disaster record for Pierce County runs between 2001 and 2020, covering 11 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, biological, and earthquake. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $492.4 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for emergency protective measures.

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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.

Category	Projects	Federal share obligated
Emergency protective measures(B)	357	$462,459,375
Utilities(F)	72	$7,886,314
Parks and recreation(G)	50	$7,807,501
Debris removal(A)	122	$5,577,164
Management costs(Z)	9	$2,805,728
Roads and bridges(C)	63	$2,171,463
Buildings and equipment(E)	149	$2,046,258
Water control facilities(D)	23	$1,649,613
All categories	845	$492,403,416

Most common hazards

Severe Storm 5
Biological 2
Earthquake 1
Flood 1
Coastal Storm 1
Fire 1

Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan

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

Hazard	Date	FEMA declaration	Type
Fire	Sep 9, 2020	FM-5360-WA	FM
Biological	Mar 22, 2020	DR-4481-WA	DR
Biological	Mar 13, 2020	EM-3427-WA	EM
Severe Storm	Mar 5, 2012	DR-4056-WA	DR
Severe Storm	Mar 2, 2009	DR-1825-WA	DR
Flood	Jan 30, 2009	DR-1817-WA	DR
Severe Storm	Feb 14, 2007	DR-1682-WA	DR
Severe Storm	Dec 12, 2006	DR-1671-WA	DR
Coastal Storm	Sep 7, 2005	EM-3227-WA	EM
Severe Storm	Nov 7, 2003	DR-1499-WA	DR
Earthquake	Mar 1, 2001	DR-1361-WA	DR

Every declaration on record

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

Showing 11 declarations

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
Sep 9, 2020	FM-5360-WA	FM	Fire	Sumner Grade Fire
Mar 22, 2020	DR-4481-WA	DR	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3427-WA	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Mar 5, 2012	DR-4056-WA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storm, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
Mar 2, 2009	DR-1825-WA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storm And Record And Near Record Snow
Jan 30, 2009	DR-1817-WA	DR	Flood	Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, Mudslides, And Flooding
Feb 14, 2007	DR-1682-WA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storm, Landslides, And Mudslides
Dec 12, 2006	DR-1671-WA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, And Mudslides
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
Mar 1, 2001	DR-1361-WA	DR	Earthquake	Earthquake

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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.