Disaster Data / States / Washington / Yakima County
CountyYakima County recorded 23 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 6 major disasters, 3 emergencies, and 14 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is fire.
Highlighted: Yakima County, WA
Totals: FY2000–FY2025 · Page last rebuilt Sep 12, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
The federal disaster record for Yakima County runs between 2000 and 2024, covering 23 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Wildfires And Straight-Line Winds in 2021. The hazards behind these declarations were most often fire, biological, and earthquake. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $8.4 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for emergency protective measures.
Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.
Approximately 96.5% 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
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) | 35 | $7,854,938 |
| Roads and bridges(C) | 10 | $238,863 |
| Parks and recreation(G) | 8 | $175,784 |
| Management costs(Z) | 1 | $106,020 |
| Debris removal(A) | 2 | $15,301 |
| Utilities(F) | 1 | $2,307 |
| All categories | 57 | $8,393,213 |
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 106 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 | $1,241,638 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation(LPDM) | 1 | $3,880,000 |
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation(PDM) | 3 | $2,853,122 |
| Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP) | 7 | $1,008,893 |
| Flood Mitigation Assistance(FMA) | 1 | $49,991 |
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
Source: state executive order archives collected by DisasterData Plus, joined to NOAA Storm Events. See the Plus overview for per-state coverage and method.
Every local hazard mitigation plan must document previous occurrences of each hazard. Here is that record for Yakima County, sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.
| Hazard | Date | FEMA declaration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire | Jul 26, 2024 | FM-5521-WA | FM |
| Fire | Jul 23, 2024 | FM-5517-WA | FM |
| Fire | Jun 23, 2024 | FM-5499-WA | FM |
| Fire | Aug 19, 2021 | FM-5415-WA | FM |
| Fire | Feb 4, 2021 | DR-4584-WA | DR |
| Fire | Sep 1, 2020 | FM-5342-WA | FM |
| Fire | Aug 17, 2020 | FM-5330-WA | FM |
| Biological | Mar 22, 2020 | DR-4481-WA | DR |
| Biological | Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3427-WA | EM |
| Fire | Aug 11, 2018 | FM-5269-WA | FM |
| Fire | Jun 28, 2017 | FM-5187-WA | FM |
| Fire | Oct 20, 2015 | DR-4243-WA | DR |
| Fire | Aug 21, 2015 | EM-3372-WA | EM |
| Fire | Jul 19, 2010 | FM-2848-WA | FM |
| Fire | Aug 22, 2009 | FM-2827-WA | FM |
| Severe Storm | Mar 2, 2009 | DR-1825-WA | DR |
| Flood | Jan 30, 2009 | DR-1817-WA | DR |
| Coastal Storm | Sep 7, 2005 | EM-3227-WA | EM |
| Fire | Aug 12, 2004 | FM-2546-WA | FM |
| Fire | Jul 12, 2003 | FM-2477-WA | FM |
| Fire | Aug 16, 2001 | FM-2377-WA | FM |
| Earthquake | Mar 1, 2001 | DR-1361-WA | DR |
| Fire | Aug 25, 2000 | FM-2323-WA | FM |
DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance
Showing 23 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2024 | FM-5521-WA | FM | Fire | Retreat Fire |
| Jul 23, 2024 | FM-5517-WA | FM | Fire | West White Swan Fire |
| Jun 23, 2024 | FM-5499-WA | FM | Fire | Slide Ranch Fire |
| Aug 19, 2021 | FM-5415-WA | FM | Fire | Schneider Springs Fire |
| Feb 4, 2021 | DR-4584-WA | DR | Fire | Wildfires And Straight-Line Winds |
| Sep 1, 2020 | FM-5342-WA | FM | Fire | Evans Canyon Fire |
| Aug 17, 2020 | FM-5330-WA | FM | Fire | North Brownstown Fire |
| Mar 22, 2020 | DR-4481-WA | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3427-WA | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Aug 11, 2018 | FM-5269-WA | FM | Fire | Hawk Fire |
| Jun 28, 2017 | FM-5187-WA | FM | Fire | South Wenas Fire |
| Oct 20, 2015 | DR-4243-WA | DR | Fire | Wildfires And Mudslides |
| Aug 21, 2015 | EM-3372-WA | EM | Fire | Wildfires |
| Jul 19, 2010 | FM-2848-WA | FM | Fire | Cowiche Mills Fire |
| Aug 22, 2009 | FM-2827-WA | FM | Fire | Dry Creek Fire Complex |
| 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 |
| Sep 7, 2005 | EM-3227-WA | EM | Coastal Storm | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation |
| Aug 12, 2004 | FM-2546-WA | FM | Fire | Mud Lake Fire |
| Jul 12, 2003 | FM-2477-WA | FM | Fire | Wa-Middle Fork Fire-07-12-2003 |
| Aug 16, 2001 | FM-2377-WA | FM | Fire | Wa Spruce Dome Fire Complex 2377 |
| Mar 1, 2001 | DR-1361-WA | DR | Earthquake | Earthquake |
| Aug 25, 2000 | FM-2323-WA | FM | Fire | Wa - Mule Dry Fire - 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); 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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