Illinois: FEMA disaster declarations

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

FEMA has issued 68 declarations for Illinois since 22 Jun 1957. The most recent is Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Floodng, declared 20 Sep 2024.

Major disaster declarations: 59
Emergency declarations: 9
Fire management assistance declarations: 0
Declarations covering the whole state: 2

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

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Latest declarations

Latest 20 FEMA declarations for Illinois
Declaration	Incident type	Declared	ID
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Floodng	Flood	20 Sep 2024	DR-4819-IL
Severe Storms and Flooding	Flood	20 Nov 2023	DR-4749-IL
Severe Storms and Flooding	Severe Storm	15 Aug 2023	DR-4728-IL
Severe Storm and Flooding	Flood	14 Oct 2022	DR-4676-IL
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes	Tornado	13 Dec 2021	EM-3577-IL
COVID-19 Pandemic	Biological	26 Mar 2020	DR-4489-IL
COVID-19	Biological	13 Mar 2020	EM-3435-IL
Severe Storms and Flooding (FEMA website)	Flood	19 Sep 2019	DR-4461-IL
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes (FEMA website)	Tornado	26 Nov 2013	DR-4157-IL
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding (FEMA website)	Flood	10 May 2013	DR-4116-IL
Severe Storms and Flooding (FEMA website)	Severe Storm	7 Jun 2011	DR-1991-IL
Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm (FEMA website)	Snowstorm	17 Mar 2011	DR-1960-IL
Severe Storms and Flooding (FEMA website)	Severe Storm	19 Aug 2010	DR-1935-IL
Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes (FEMA website)	Severe Storm	2 Jul 2009	DR-1850-IL
Severe Winter Storm (FEMA website)	Severe Storm	2 Mar 2009	DR-1826-IL
Severe Storms and Flooding (FEMA website)	Severe Storm	3 Oct 2008	DR-1800-IL
Severe Storms and Flooding (FEMA website)	Severe Storm	24 Jun 2008	DR-1771-IL
Record Snow and Near Record Snow (FEMA website)	Snowstorm	13 Mar 2008	EM-3283-IL
Severe Storms and Flooding (FEMA website)	Severe Storm	7 Mar 2008	DR-1747-IL
Severe Storms and Flooding (FEMA website)	Severe Storm	25 Sep 2007	DR-1729-IL

Most common incident types

Declarations inIllinoisby FEMA incident type
Incident type	Declarations
Severe Storm	26
Flood	19
Tornado	11
Snowstorm	7
Biological	2
Severe Ice Storm	2
Hurricane	1

Declarations by county

FEMA declarations per county, 1964–2024

None
1–10 (39)
11–20 (58)
21–30 (5)
31–40 (0)
41 or more (0)

Map of Illinois by county, shaded by the number of FEMA declarations naming each, 1964 to 2024. Calhoun: 25; Pike: 25; Cook: 24 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. 102 of 102 areas shaded. The table below lists every area.

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

FEMA declarations by county in Illinois
County	Declarations	Most recent
Adams (County)	21	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Alexander (County)	17	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Bond (County)	7	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 13 Dec 2021
Boone (County)	11	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Brown (County)	16	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Bureau (County)	17	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Calhoun (County)	25	Severe Storms and Flooding 15 Aug 2023
Carroll (County)	16	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Cass (County)	21	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 13 Dec 2021
Champaign (County)	12	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Christian (County)	8	Severe Storms and Flooding 15 Aug 2023
Clark (County)	10	Severe Storms and Flooding 15 Aug 2023
Clay (County)	5	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Clinton (County)	7	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Coles (County)	9	Severe Storms and Flooding 15 Aug 2023
Cook (County)	24	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Floodng 20 Sep 2024
Crawford (County)	9	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Cumberland (County)	9	Severe Storms and Flooding 15 Aug 2023
De Witt (County)	11	Severe Storms and Flooding 15 Aug 2023
DeKalb (County)	12	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Douglas (County)	13	Severe Storms and Flooding 15 Aug 2023
DuPage (County)	16	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Edgar (County)	9	Severe Storms and Flooding 15 Aug 2023
Edwards (County)	7	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Effingham (County)	7	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 13 Dec 2021
Fayette (County)	8	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 13 Dec 2021
Ford (County)	8	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Franklin (County)	10	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Fulton (County)	20	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Floodng 20 Sep 2024
Gallatin (County)	11	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Greene (County)	19	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Grundy (County)	15	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Hamilton (County)	10	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Hancock (County)	19	Severe Storms and Flooding 15 Aug 2023
Hardin (County)	8	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Henderson (County)	16	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Henry (County)	16	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Floodng 20 Sep 2024
Iroquois (County)	9	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Jackson (County)	15	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Jasper (County)	9	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Jefferson (County)	5	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Jersey (County)	20	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 13 Dec 2021
Jo Daviess (County)	16	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Johnson (County)	7	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Kane (County)	16	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Kankakee (County)	7	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Kendall (County)	13	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Knox (County)	11	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
La Salle (County)	20	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Lake (County)	17	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Lawrence (County)	9	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Lee (County)	10	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Livingston (County)	11	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Logan (County)	12	Severe Storms and Flooding 15 Aug 2023
Macon (County)	11	Severe Storms and Flooding 15 Aug 2023
Macoupin (County)	9	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 13 Dec 2021
Madison (County)	16	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 13 Dec 2021
Marion (County)	8	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Marshall (County)	14	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Mason (County)	18	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Massac (County)	12	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
McDonough (County)	11	Severe Storms and Flooding 15 Aug 2023
McHenry (County)	16	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
McLean (County)	11	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Menard (County)	12	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 13 Dec 2021
Mercer (County)	15	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Monroe (County)	20	Severe Storms and Flooding 15 Aug 2023
Montgomery (County)	7	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 13 Dec 2021
Morgan (County)	17	Severe Storms and Flooding 15 Aug 2023
Moultrie (County)	10	Severe Storms and Flooding 15 Aug 2023
Ogle (County)	14	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Peoria (County)	15	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Perry (County)	7	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Piatt (County)	9	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Pike (County)	25	Severe Storms and Flooding 15 Aug 2023
Pope (County)	12	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Pulaski (County)	14	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Putnam (County)	11	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Randolph (County)	17	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Richland (County)	8	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Rock Island (County)	15	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Saline (County)	9	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Sangamon (County)	12	Severe Storms and Flooding 15 Aug 2023
Schuyler (County)	18	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Scott (County)	18	Severe Storms and Flooding 15 Aug 2023
Shelby (County)	10	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 13 Dec 2021
St. Clair (County)	19	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Floodng 20 Sep 2024
Stark (County)	8	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Stephenson (County)	14	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Tazewell (County)	15	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Union (County)	15	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Vermilion (County)	12	Severe Storms and Flooding 15 Aug 2023
Wabash (County)	10	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Warren (County)	9	Severe Storms and Flooding 15 Aug 2023
Washington (County)	9	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Floodng 20 Sep 2024
Wayne (County)	8	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
White (County)	10	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Whiteside (County)	14	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Will (County)	19	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Floodng 20 Sep 2024
Williamson (County)	9	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020
Winnebago (County)	19	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Floodng 20 Sep 2024
Woodford (County)	14	COVID-19 Pandemic 26 Mar 2020