Iowa: FEMA disaster declarations

Official FEMA records · Historical data · Last refreshed 5 Nov 2026, 18:35 UTC

FEMA has issued 79 declarations for Iowa since 11 Jun 1953. The most recent is Severe Storms and Flooding, declared 1 Sep 2026.

Major disaster declarations: 73
Emergency declarations: 6
Fire management assistance declarations: 0
Declarations covering the whole state: 5

These figures count FEMA declarations and designated areas. They do not measure damage, cost, deaths or how severe an event was.

For current instructions and recovery help in Iowa: Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management · Explore and filter Iowa declarations

Latest declarations

Latest 20 FEMA declarations for Iowa
Declaration	Incident type	Declared	ID
Severe Storms and Flooding	Severe Storm	1 Sep 2026	DR-4942-IA
Severe Winter Storm	Winter Storm	21 May 2025	DR-4870-IA
Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes	Severe Storm	24 Jun 2024	DR-4796-IA
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding	Severe Storm	24 May 2024	DR-4784-IA
Severe Storms and Tornadoes	Tornado	14 May 2024	DR-4779-IA
Flooding	Flood	25 Aug 2023	DR-4732-IA
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes	Severe Storm	23 Feb 2022	DR-4642-IA
Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds	Severe Storm	10 Sep 2020	DR-4561-IA
Severe Storms	Severe Storm	17 Aug 2020	DR-4557-IA
COVID-19 Pandemic	Biological	23 Mar 2020	DR-4483-IA
COVID-19	Biological	13 Mar 2020	EM-3524-IA
COVID-19	Biological	13 Mar 2020	EM-3480-IA
Severe Storms and Flooding (FEMA website)	Flood	29 Apr 2019	DR-4430-IA
Severe Storms and Flooding (FEMA website)	Flood	23 Mar 2019	DR-4421-IA
Severe Storm and Tornadoes (FEMA website)	Severe Storm	12 Sep 2018	DR-4392-IA
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding (FEMA website)	Severe Storm	20 Aug 2018	DR-4386-IA
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding (FEMA website)	Severe Storm	27 Aug 2017	DR-4334-IA
Severe Storms and Flooding (FEMA website)	Flood	31 Oct 2016	DR-4289-IA
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding (FEMA website)	Flood	29 Sep 2016	DR-4281-IA
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding (FEMA website)	Severe Storm	31 Jul 2015	DR-4234-IA

Most common incident types

Declarations inIowaby FEMA incident type
Incident type	Declarations
Severe Storm	34
Flood	30
Tornado	5
Biological	3
Severe Ice Storm	2
Snowstorm	2
Winter Storm	1
Hurricane	1

Declarations by county

FEMA declarations per county, 1964–2026

None
1–10 (0)
11–20 (65)
21–30 (34)
31–40 (0)
41 or more (0)

Map of Iowa by county, shaded by the number of FEMA declarations naming each, 1964 to 2026. Clayton: 27; Des Moines: 27; Pottawattamie: 26 are the highest. Measure: count of FEMA declarations that designate each county; a declaration covering the whole state is not counted. Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2. Boundaries: US Census Bureau cartographic files via us-atlas. 99 of 99 areas shaded. The table below lists every area.

99 counties named in at least one declaration since 1964. Declarations covering the whole state are not counted here.

FEMA declarations by county in Iowa
County	Declarations	Most recent
Adair (County)	17	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 May 2024
Adams (County)	17	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 May 2024
Allamakee (County)	22	Flooding 25 Aug 2023
Appanoose (County)	16	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 23 Feb 2022
Audubon (County)	22	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 23 Feb 2022
Benton (County)	18	Severe Storms 17 Aug 2020
Black Hawk (County)	20	COVID-19 Pandemic 23 Mar 2020
Boone (County)	17	Severe Storms 17 Aug 2020
Bremer (County)	17	COVID-19 Pandemic 23 Mar 2020
Buchanan (County)	25	COVID-19 Pandemic 23 Mar 2020
Buena Vista (County)	22	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Butler (County)	25	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 May 2024
Calhoun (County)	18	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 May 2024
Carroll (County)	17	COVID-19 Pandemic 23 Mar 2020
Cass (County)	19	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 23 Feb 2022
Cedar (County)	18	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 May 2024
Cerro Gordo (County)	15	COVID-19 Pandemic 23 Mar 2020
Cherokee (County)	23	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Chickasaw (County)	19	COVID-19 Pandemic 23 Mar 2020
Clarke (County)	16	Severe Storms and Tornadoes 14 May 2024
Clay (County)	21	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Clayton (County)	27	Flooding 25 Aug 2023
Clinton (County)	23	Severe Storms 17 Aug 2020
Crawford (County)	23	Severe Winter Storm 21 May 2025
Dallas (County)	20	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 May 2024
Davis (County)	17	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 23 Feb 2022
Decatur (County)	14	COVID-19 Pandemic 23 Mar 2020
Delaware (County)	18	COVID-19 Pandemic 23 Mar 2020
Des Moines (County)	27	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Dickinson (County)	18	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Dubuque (County)	21	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Emmet (County)	19	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Fayette (County)	23	COVID-19 Pandemic 23 Mar 2020
Floyd (County)	20	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Franklin (County)	22	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 May 2024
Fremont (County)	19	COVID-19 Pandemic 23 Mar 2020
Greene (County)	19	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 23 Feb 2022
Grundy (County)	15	Severe Storms 17 Aug 2020
Guthrie (County)	17	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 23 Feb 2022
Hamilton (County)	21	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 May 2024
Hancock (County)	15	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 May 2024
Hardin (County)	18	Severe Storms 17 Aug 2020
Harrison (County)	24	Severe Winter Storm 21 May 2025
Henry (County)	16	COVID-19 Pandemic 23 Mar 2020
Howard (County)	23	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Humboldt (County)	22	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Ida (County)	20	COVID-19 Pandemic 23 Mar 2020
Iowa (County)	23	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 May 2024
Jackson (County)	21	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Jasper (County)	19	Severe Storms and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Jefferson (County)	12	COVID-19 Pandemic 23 Mar 2020
Johnson (County)	24	Severe Storms 17 Aug 2020
Jones (County)	22	Severe Storms 17 Aug 2020
Keokuk (County)	19	COVID-19 Pandemic 23 Mar 2020
Kossuth (County)	20	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Lee (County)	22	Flooding 25 Aug 2023
Linn (County)	23	Severe Storms 17 Aug 2020
Louisa (County)	20	COVID-19 Pandemic 23 Mar 2020
Lucas (County)	15	COVID-19 Pandemic 23 Mar 2020
Lyon (County)	16	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Madison (County)	20	COVID-19 Pandemic 23 Mar 2020
Mahaska (County)	20	COVID-19 Pandemic 23 Mar 2020
Marion (County)	19	COVID-19 Pandemic 23 Mar 2020
Marshall (County)	20	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 May 2024
Mills (County)	20	Severe Storms and Tornadoes 14 May 2024
Mitchell (County)	20	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Monona (County)	20	Severe Winter Storm 21 May 2025
Monroe (County)	16	COVID-19 Pandemic 23 Mar 2020
Montgomery (County)	20	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 May 2024
Muscatine (County)	21	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 May 2024
O'Brien (County)	15	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Osceola (County)	15	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Page (County)	16	COVID-19 Pandemic 23 Mar 2020
Palo Alto (County)	23	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Plymouth (County)	16	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Pocahontas (County)	22	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Polk (County)	21	Severe Storms and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Pottawattamie (County)	26	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Poweshiek (County)	15	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 May 2024
Ringgold (County)	20	Severe Storms and Tornadoes 14 May 2024
Sac (County)	19	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 23 Feb 2022
Scott (County)	20	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Shelby (County)	20	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 May 2024
Sioux (County)	15	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Story (County)	22	Severe Storms and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Tama (County)	21	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 May 2024
Taylor (County)	14	COVID-19 Pandemic 23 Mar 2020
Union (County)	21	Severe Storms and Tornadoes 14 May 2024
Van Buren (County)	16	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 23 Feb 2022
Wapello (County)	20	COVID-19 Pandemic 23 Mar 2020
Warren (County)	18	Severe Storms and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Washington (County)	15	Severe Storms 17 Aug 2020
Wayne (County)	15	COVID-19 Pandemic 23 Mar 2020
Webster (County)	20	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 23 Feb 2022
Winnebago (County)	16	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Winneshiek (County)	21	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Woodbury (County)	18	Severe Winter Storm 21 May 2025
Worth (County)	16	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024
Wright (County)	24	Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 24 Jun 2024