Disaster Data / States / Wyoming
Wyoming: Federal Disaster Declarations
Wyoming has recorded 10 major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 1 emergency declarations and 27 fire management declarations, 38 in all. Its most common hazard is fire. It ranks #54 nationally by major disasters.
Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 25, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
Federal Public Assistance obligated
$108M has been obligated to Wyoming in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$28M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $80M, or 74% of the total, was COVID-19, which every state and county in the country received.
Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out. Totals are summed from funded localities, so a declaration administered entirely at state level may not appear here.
Most common hazards
- Fire 28
- Flood 4
- Severe Storm 3
- Biological 2
- Tornado 1
All declarations on record
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 state and 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.
DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance
Showing 38 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2025 | FM-5608-WY | FM | Fire | Red Canyon Fire |
| Nov 13, 2024 | DR-4845-WY | DR | Fire | Wildfires |
| Sep 30, 2024 | FM-5539-WY | FM | Fire | Elk Fire |
| Aug 22, 2024 | FM-5531-WY | FM | Fire | House Draw Fire |
| Jul 30, 2024 | FM-5523-WY | FM | Fire | Pleasant Valley Fire |
| Mar 1, 2024 | FM-5490-WY | FM | Fire | Happy Jack Fire |
| Sep 11, 2023 | DR-4739-WY | DR | Flood | Flooding |
| Sep 26, 2020 | FM-5375-WY | FM | Fire | Mullen Fire |
| Sep 5, 2020 | FM-5347-WY | FM | Fire | 316 Fire |
| Apr 11, 2020 | DR-4535-WY | DR | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3479-WY | EM | Biological | Covid-19 |
| Sep 18, 2018 | FM-5276-WY | FM | Fire | Roosevelt Fire |
| Jun 11, 2018 | FM-5241-WY | FM | Fire | Badger Creek Fire |
| Aug 5, 2017 | DR-4327-WY | DR | Flood | Flooding |
| Mar 21, 2017 | DR-4306-WY | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm And Straight-Line Winds |
| Jul 29, 2016 | FM-5139-WY | FM | Fire | Tokawana Fire |
| Jul 25, 2016 | FM-5136-WY | FM | Fire | Lava Mountain Fire |
| Oct 11, 2015 | FM-5115-WY | FM | Fire | Station Fire |
| Jul 7, 2015 | DR-4227-WY | DR | Flood | Severe Storms And Flooding |
| Sep 9, 2012 | FM-5014-WY | FM | Fire | Sheep Herder Hill Fire Complex |
| Jul 3, 2012 | FM-2995-WY | FM | Fire | Oil Creek Fire |
| Jul 2, 2012 | FM-2993-WY | FM | Fire | Squirrel Creek Fire |
| Jun 29, 2012 | FM-2992-WY | FM | Fire | Arapahoe Fire |
| Jul 22, 2011 | DR-4007-WY | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Flooding, And Landslides |
| Jul 14, 2010 | DR-1923-WY | DR | Flood | Flooding |
| Aug 12, 2007 | FM-2719-WY | FM | Fire | Little Goose Fire |
| Aug 14, 2006 | FM-2665-WY | FM | Fire | Jackson Canyon Fire |
| Jul 14, 2006 | FM-2654-WY | FM | Fire | Thorn Divide Fire Complex |
| Aug 22, 2005 | DR-1599-WY | DR | Tornado | Tornado |
| Nov 20, 2003 | FM-2512-WY | FM | Fire | Wy - Tongue River Wildfire - 11/19/2003 |
| Aug 31, 2002 | FM-2460-WY | FM | Fire | Wy - Commissary Ridge Fire - 08/31/02 |
| Jul 1, 2002 | FM-2436-WY | FM | Fire | Wy - Reese Mountain Fire - 07/01/02 |
| Jun 18, 2002 | FM-2427-WY | FM | Fire | Wy-Hensel Fire-06/07/02 |
| Sep 6, 2001 | FM-2382-WY | FM | Fire | Wy - Mcfarland Divide Fire - 09/06/01 |
| Aug 1, 2001 | FM-2370-WY | FM | Fire | Wy- Elk Mountain Fire Complex - 08/01/01 |
| Jul 26, 2001 | FM-2367-WY | FM | Fire | Wy Wildfire -Green Knoll- July 23, 2001 |
| Dec 13, 2000 | DR-1351-WY | DR | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| Jul 31, 2000 | FM-2315-WY | FM | Fire | Wy - 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.
| Assistance type | Approved 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.
| Program | Projects | Federal 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.
| Date | Type | Hazard |
|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2021 | Major Disaster | Snowstorm |
| Aug 30, 2002 | Major Disaster | Flood |
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, ranks, and rates on this page cover complete fiscal years only. Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in each state's declaration tables and its recent-declarations panel, but are not counted in any total until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.