Kansas: FEMA disaster declarations

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FEMA has issued 96 declarations for Kansas since 27 May 1955. The most recent is Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, declared 1 Sep 2026.

Major disaster declarations: 73
Emergency declarations: 9
Fire management assistance declarations: 14
Declarations covering the whole state: 4

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 Kansas: Kansas Division of Emergency Management · Explore and filter Kansas declarations

Latest declarations

Latest 20 FEMA declarations for Kansas
Declaration	Incident type	Declared	ID
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding	Severe Storm	1 Sep 2026	DR-4943-KS
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding	Severe Storm	1 Sep 2026	DR-4940-KS
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding	Severe Storm	30 Jun 2026	DR-4926-KS
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding	Severe Storm	19 Dec 2025	DR-4897-KS
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding	Severe Storm	11 Sep 2025	DR-4891-KS
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding	Severe Storm	22 Jul 2025	DR-4883-KS
Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Wildfires	Severe Storm	21 May 2025	DR-4869-KS
Yates Center Fire	Fire	14 Mar 2025	FM-5556-KS
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding	Severe Storm	24 Sep 2024	DR-4824-KS
Severe Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding	Severe Storm	20 Aug 2024	DR-4811-KS
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding	Severe Storm	15 Jul 2024	DR-4800-KS
Severe Winter Storm	Winter Storm	28 Apr 2024	DR-4774-KS
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding	Severe Storm	26 Oct 2023	DR-4747-KS
Haddam Fire	Fire	13 Apr 2023	FM-5463-KS
Severe Winter Storms and Straight-Line Winds	Snowstorm	25 May 2022	DR-4654-KS
Cottonwood Fire Complex	Fire	5 Mar 2022	FM-5425-KS
Severe Storms and Straight Line Winds	Severe Storm	17 Feb 2022	DR-4640-KS
COVID-19 Pandemic	Biological	29 Mar 2020	DR-4504-KS
COVID-19	Biological	13 Mar 2020	EM-3492-KS
COVID-19	Biological	13 Mar 2020	EM-3491-KS

Most common incident types

Declarations inKansasby FEMA incident type
Incident type	Declarations
Severe Storm	50
Fire	14
Flood	13
Tornado	6
Biological	5
Snowstorm	3
Severe Ice Storm	2
Winter Storm	1

Declarations by county

FEMA declarations per county, 1964–2026

None
1–10 (5)
11–20 (65)
21–30 (34)
31–40 (1)
41 or more (0)

Map of Kansas by county, shaded by the number of FEMA declarations naming each, 1964 to 2026. Kiowa: 34; Butler: 29; Edwards: 29 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. 105 of 105 areas shaded. The table below lists every area.

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

FEMA declarations by county in Kansas
County	Declarations	Most recent
Allen (County)	14	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 15 Jul 2024
Anderson (County)	18	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 15 Jul 2024
Atchison (County)	20	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Barber (County)	19	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 11 Sep 2025
Barton (County)	28	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding 19 Dec 2025
Bourbon (County)	18	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 22 Jul 2025
Brown (County)	19	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Butler (County)	29	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Chase (County)	22	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 11 Sep 2025
Chautauqua (County)	16	Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Wildfires 21 May 2025
Cherokee (County)	28	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Cheyenne (County)	12	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 22 Jul 2025
Clark (County)	17	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 Sep 2024
Clay (County)	17	Severe Storms and Straight Line Winds 17 Feb 2022
Cloud (County)	16	Severe Winter Storm 28 Apr 2024
Coffey (County)	19	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 11 Sep 2025
Comanche (County)	22	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding 19 Dec 2025
Cowley (County)	27	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Crawford (County)	24	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Decatur (County)	12	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Dickinson (County)	17	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Doniphan (County)	22	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 Sep 2024
Douglas (County)	21	COVID-19 Pandemic 29 Mar 2020
Edwards (County)	29	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Elk (County)	20	Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Wildfires 21 May 2025
Ellis (County)	15	Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Wildfires 21 May 2025
Ellsworth (County)	19	Severe Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 20 Aug 2024
Finney (County)	11	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 Sep 2024
Ford (County)	16	Severe Winter Storm 28 Apr 2024
Franklin (County)	22	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 11 Sep 2025
Geary (County)	16	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Gove (County)	13	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Graham (County)	16	Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Wildfires 21 May 2025
Grant (County)	9	Severe Storms and Straight Line Winds 17 Feb 2022
Gray (County)	14	Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Wildfires 21 May 2025
Greeley (County)	10	Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Wildfires 21 May 2025
Greenwood (County)	25	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 11 Sep 2025
Hamilton (County)	11	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 Sep 2024
Harper (County)	22	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Harvey (County)	25	Severe Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 20 Aug 2024
Haskell (County)	14	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Hodgeman (County)	25	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Jackson (County)	20	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Jefferson (County)	19	COVID-19 Pandemic 29 Mar 2020
Jewell (County)	17	Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Wildfires 21 May 2025
Johnson (County)	12	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 26 Oct 2023
Kearny (County)	11	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 Sep 2024
Kingman (County)	21	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 11 Sep 2025
Kiowa (County)	34	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 22 Jul 2025
Labette (County)	15	COVID-19 Pandemic 29 Mar 2020
Lane (County)	12	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Leavenworth (County)	23	COVID-19 Pandemic 29 Mar 2020
Lincoln (County)	16	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Linn (County)	19	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 15 Jul 2024
Logan (County)	15	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Lyon (County)	27	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 11 Sep 2025
Marion (County)	22	Severe Winter Storm 28 Apr 2024
Marshall (County)	19	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
McPherson (County)	19	COVID-19 Pandemic 29 Mar 2020
Meade (County)	15	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 Sep 2024
Miami (County)	16	COVID-19 Pandemic 29 Mar 2020
Mitchell (County)	14	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Montgomery (County)	15	COVID-19 Pandemic 29 Mar 2020
Morris (County)	28	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Morton (County)	8	Severe Storms and Straight Line Winds 17 Feb 2022
Nemaha (County)	17	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Neosho (County)	21	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 15 Jul 2024
Ness (County)	21	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Norton (County)	13	Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Wildfires 21 May 2025
Osage (County)	26	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Osborne (County)	19	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Ottawa (County)	18	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Pawnee (County)	29	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Phillips (County)	19	Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Wildfires 21 May 2025
Pottawatomie (County)	20	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Pratt (County)	19	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 22 Jul 2025
Rawlins (County)	11	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Reno (County)	24	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 22 Jul 2025
Republic (County)	17	Severe Storms and Straight Line Winds 17 Feb 2022
Rice (County)	26	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Riley (County)	18	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Rooks (County)	19	Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Wildfires 21 May 2025
Rush (County)	23	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Russell (County)	23	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Saline (County)	19	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Scott (County)	10	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Sedgwick (County)	18	COVID-19 Pandemic 29 Mar 2020
Seward (County)	12	COVID-19 Pandemic 29 Mar 2020
Shawnee (County)	17	Severe Winter Storm 28 Apr 2024
Sheridan (County)	17	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Sherman (County)	11	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Smith (County)	16	Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Wildfires 21 May 2025
Stafford (County)	27	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Stanton (County)	12	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Stevens (County)	12	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding 19 Dec 2025
Sumner (County)	27	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Thomas (County)	13	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Trego (County)	13	Severe Winter Storm 28 Apr 2024
Wabaunsee (County)	27	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Wallace (County)	17	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Washington (County)	21	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 1 Sep 2026
Wichita (County)	8	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 26 Oct 2023
Wilson (County)	17	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 15 Jul 2024
Woodson (County)	25	Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Wildfires 21 May 2025
Wyandotte (County)	26	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding 19 Dec 2025