Minnesota: FEMA disaster declarations

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

FEMA has issued 81 declarations for Minnesota since 22 Jun 1957. The most recent is Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds, declared 22 Oct 2025.

Major disaster declarations
63
Emergency declarations
8
Fire management assistance declarations
10
Declarations covering the whole state
8

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 Minnesota
Declaration Incident type Declared ID
Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds Straight-Line Winds 22 Oct 2025 DR-4894-MN
Munger Shaw Fire Fire 14 May 2025 FM-5583-MN
Severe Storms and Flooding Flood 28 Jun 2024 DR-4797-MN
Severe Storms and Flooding Flood 19 Jul 2023 DR-4722-MN
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding Severe Storm 9 Aug 2022 DR-4666-MN
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding Flood 13 Jul 2022 DR-4659-MN
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding Severe Storm 8 Jul 2022 DR-4658-MN
COVID-19 Pandemic Biological 7 Apr 2020 DR-4531-MN
COVID-19 Biological 13 Mar 2020 EM-3508-MN
COVID-19 Biological 13 Mar 2020 EM-3503-MN
COVID-19 Biological 13 Mar 2020 EM-3453-MN
Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding (FEMA website) Flood 12 Jun 2019 DR-4442-MN
Severe Storms and Flooding (FEMA website) Flood 1 Feb 2019 DR-4414-MN
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding (FEMA website) Flood 5 Sep 2018 DR-4390-MN
Severe Storms and Flooding (FEMA website) Flood 2 Nov 2016 DR-4290-MN
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (FEMA website) Flood 21 Jul 2014 DR-4182-MN
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding (FEMA website) Severe Storm 25 Jul 2013 DR-4131-MN
Severe Winter Storm (FEMA website) Severe Storm 3 May 2013 DR-4113-MN
Severe Storms and Flooding (FEMA website) Severe Storm 6 Jul 2012 DR-4069-MN
Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes (FEMA website) Severe Storm 28 Jul 2011 DR-4009-MN

Most common incident types

Declarations inMinnesotaby FEMA incident type
Incident type Declarations
Flood 31
Severe Storm 26
Fire 10
Biological 4
Tornado 3
Severe Ice Storm 2
Straight-Line Winds 1
Other 1

Declarations by county

FEMA declarations per county, 1964–2025

Map of Minnesota by county, shaded by the number of FEMA declarations naming each, 1964 to 2025. Kittson: 32; Norman: 32; Polk: 31 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. 87 of 87 areas shaded. The table below lists every area.

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

FEMA declarations by county in Minnesota
County Declarations Most recent
Aitkin (County) 21 Severe Storms and Flooding 19 Jul 2023
Anoka (County) 13 COVID-19 Pandemic 7 Apr 2020
Becker (County) 19 COVID-19 Pandemic 7 Apr 2020
Beltrami (County) 21 Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding 13 Jul 2022
Benton (County) 13 COVID-19 Pandemic 7 Apr 2020
Big Stone (County) 20 Severe Storms and Flooding 19 Jul 2023
Blue Earth (County) 24 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Brown (County) 20 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Carlton (County) 10 Severe Storms and Flooding 19 Jul 2023
Carver (County) 17 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Cass (County) 16 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Chippewa (County) 21 Severe Storms and Flooding 19 Jul 2023
Chisago (County) 12 COVID-19 Pandemic 7 Apr 2020
Clay (County) 29 Severe Storms and Flooding 19 Jul 2023
Clearwater (County) 16 Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding 13 Jul 2022
Cook (County) 10 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Cottonwood (County) 17 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Crow Wing (County) 13 Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 9 Aug 2022
Dakota (County) 16 COVID-19 Pandemic 7 Apr 2020
Dodge (County) 16 COVID-19 Pandemic 7 Apr 2020
Douglas (County) 14 Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 9 Aug 2022
Faribault (County) 22 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Fillmore (County) 18 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Freeborn (County) 21 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Goodhue (County) 18 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Grant (County) 19 Severe Storms and Flooding 19 Jul 2023
Hennepin (County) 18 COVID-19 Pandemic 7 Apr 2020
Houston (County) 21 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Hubbard (County) 10 COVID-19 Pandemic 7 Apr 2020
Isanti (County) 10 COVID-19 Pandemic 7 Apr 2020
Itasca (County) 15 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Jackson (County) 18 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Kanabec (County) 11 Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 9 Aug 2022
Kandiyohi (County) 16 Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 9 Aug 2022
Kittson (County) 32 Severe Storms and Flooding 19 Jul 2023
Koochiching (County) 14 Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding 13 Jul 2022
Lac qui Parle (County) 21 Severe Storms and Flooding 19 Jul 2023
Lake (County) 12 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Lake of the Woods (County) 18 Severe Storms and Flooding 19 Jul 2023
Le Sueur (County) 19 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Lincoln (County) 14 Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 8 Jul 2022
Lyon (County) 18 Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 9 Aug 2022
Mahnomen (County) 20 Severe Storms and Flooding 19 Jul 2023
Marshall (County) 30 Severe Storms and Flooding 19 Jul 2023
Martin (County) 15 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
McLeod (County) 18 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Meeker (County) 11 COVID-19 Pandemic 7 Apr 2020
Mille Lacs (County) 10 Severe Storms and Flooding 19 Jul 2023
Morrison (County) 14 Severe Storms and Flooding 19 Jul 2023
Mower (County) 16 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Murray (County) 17 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Nicollet (County) 22 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Nobles (County) 21 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Norman (County) 32 Severe Storms and Flooding 19 Jul 2023
Olmsted (County) 15 COVID-19 Pandemic 7 Apr 2020
Otter Tail (County) 17 COVID-19 Pandemic 7 Apr 2020
Pennington (County) 20 Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding 13 Jul 2022
Pine (County) 15 Severe Storms and Flooding 19 Jul 2023
Pipestone (County) 14 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Polk (County) 31 Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding 13 Jul 2022
Pope (County) 16 Severe Storms and Flooding 19 Jul 2023
Ramsey (County) 19 COVID-19 Pandemic 7 Apr 2020
Red Lake (County) 23 Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding 13 Jul 2022
Redwood (County) 21 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Renville (County) 22 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Rice (County) 14 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Rock (County) 16 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Roseau (County) 28 Severe Storms and Flooding 19 Jul 2023
Scott (County) 16 COVID-19 Pandemic 7 Apr 2020
Sherburne (County) 10 COVID-19 Pandemic 7 Apr 2020
Sibley (County) 21 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
St. Louis (County) 17 Munger Shaw Fire 14 May 2025
Stearns (County) 13 Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 8 Jul 2022
Steele (County) 17 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Stevens (County) 19 Severe Storms and Flooding 19 Jul 2023
Swift (County) 19 Severe Storms and Flooding 19 Jul 2023
Todd (County) 13 Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 9 Aug 2022
Traverse (County) 25 Severe Storms and Flooding 19 Jul 2023
Wabasha (County) 17 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Wadena (County) 15 Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 9 Aug 2022
Waseca (County) 14 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Washington (County) 17 COVID-19 Pandemic 7 Apr 2020
Watonwan (County) 13 Severe Storms and Flooding 28 Jun 2024
Wilkin (County) 25 Severe Storms and Flooding 19 Jul 2023
Winona (County) 17 COVID-19 Pandemic 7 Apr 2020
Wright (County) 17 COVID-19 Pandemic 7 Apr 2020
Yellow Medicine (County) 24 Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 9 Aug 2022