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Wyoming: Federal Disaster Declarations

Wyoming has recorded 38 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 10 major disasters, 1 emergencies, and 27 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is fire. It ranks #39 nationally by total declarations.

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

38
Declarations since FY2000
10
Major disasters (DR)
1
Emergencies (EM)
27
Fire management (FM)
2
Declaration requests denied
5.0%
Declaration-request denial rate
#39
National rank by declarations
16.5
Avg days to a decision

Most common hazards

All declarations on record

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

Showing 38 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Aug 15, 2025FM-5608-WYFMFireRed Canyon Fire
Nov 13, 2024DR-4845-WYDRFireWildfires
Sep 30, 2024FM-5539-WYFMFireElk Fire
Aug 22, 2024FM-5531-WYFMFireHouse Draw Fire
Jul 30, 2024FM-5523-WYFMFirePleasant Valley Fire
Mar 1, 2024FM-5490-WYFMFireHappy Jack Fire
Sep 11, 2023DR-4739-WYDRFloodFlooding
Sep 26, 2020FM-5375-WYFMFireMullen Fire
Sep 5, 2020FM-5347-WYFMFire316 Fire
Apr 11, 2020DR-4535-WYDRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3479-WYEMBiologicalCovid-19
Sep 18, 2018FM-5276-WYFMFireRoosevelt Fire
Jun 11, 2018FM-5241-WYFMFireBadger Creek Fire
Aug 5, 2017DR-4327-WYDRFloodFlooding
Mar 21, 2017DR-4306-WYDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm And Straight-Line Winds
Jul 29, 2016FM-5139-WYFMFireTokawana Fire
Jul 25, 2016FM-5136-WYFMFireLava Mountain Fire
Oct 11, 2015FM-5115-WYFMFireStation Fire
Jul 7, 2015DR-4227-WYDRFloodSevere Storms And Flooding
Sep 9, 2012FM-5014-WYFMFireSheep Herder Hill Fire Complex
Jul 3, 2012FM-2995-WYFMFireOil Creek Fire
Jul 2, 2012FM-2993-WYFMFireSquirrel Creek Fire
Jun 29, 2012FM-2992-WYFMFireArapahoe Fire
Jul 22, 2011DR-4007-WYDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Flooding, And Landslides
Jul 14, 2010DR-1923-WYDRFloodFlooding
Aug 12, 2007FM-2719-WYFMFireLittle Goose Fire
Aug 14, 2006FM-2665-WYFMFireJackson Canyon Fire
Jul 14, 2006FM-2654-WYFMFireThorn Divide Fire Complex
Aug 22, 2005DR-1599-WYDRTornadoTornado
Nov 20, 2003FM-2512-WYFMFireWy - Tongue River Wildfire - 11/19/2003
Aug 31, 2002FM-2460-WYFMFireWy - Commissary Ridge Fire - 08/31/02
Jul 1, 2002FM-2436-WYFMFireWy - Reese Mountain Fire - 07/01/02
Jun 18, 2002FM-2427-WYFMFireWy-Hensel Fire-06/07/02
Sep 6, 2001FM-2382-WYFMFireWy - Mcfarland Divide Fire - 09/06/01
Aug 1, 2001FM-2370-WYFMFireWy- Elk Mountain Fire Complex - 08/01/01
Jul 26, 2001FM-2367-WYFMFireWy Wildfire -Green Knoll- July 23, 2001
Dec 13, 2000DR-1351-WYDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm
Jul 31, 2000FM-2315-WYFMFireWy - Dead Horse Fire

Individual Assistance to households

FEMA Individual Assistance to households across Wyoming, combined across the Housing Assistance owner and renter programs. Valid registrations are households that applied within a designated Individual Assistance area; approved figures are those FEMA found eligible under the Individuals and Households Program. Self-reported, drawn from NEMIS through OpenFEMA, and present only where Individual Assistance was designated.

1,409
Valid registrations
970
Households approved
$6M
Total IHP approved
Assistance typeApproved amount
Repair and replacement$1M
Rental assistance$108K
Other needs$5M

Hazard mitigation funded

Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated across Wyoming to reduce future disaster losses, by program. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited.

$17M
Federal mitigation share
93
Projects funded
117
Properties mitigated
ProgramProjectsFederal share obligated
Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM)23$9M
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP)43$5M
Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA)26$2M
Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC)1$150K

Denied requests

FEMA turned down 2 declaration requests from Wyoming since FY2000, a declaration-request denial rate of 5.0%. This is the President denying a governor or tribal leader's request for a declaration, tracked in a separate FEMA dataset from approved declarations, and is not the same thing as an individual being denied assistance under an approved declaration.

DateTypeHazard
May 7, 2021Major DisasterSnowstorm
Aug 30, 2002Major DisasterFlood
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How these numbers are built

Every figure is drawn from FEMA's OpenFEMA datasets: the Disaster Declarations Summaries for declarations and the Declaration Denials dataset for turndowns, rebuilt automatically each week. A "declaration" is one unique combination of declaration type (DR / EM / FM), disaster number, and state, so a single disaster affecting five states counts as five declarations. Years are federal fiscal years (Oct 1 to Sep 30). Totals on this page cover complete fiscal years only; the current 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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