Nebraska: FEMA disaster declarations

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

FEMA has issued 88 declarations for Nebraska since 4 Apr 1960. The most recent is Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding, declared 3 Aug 2026.

Major disaster declarations: 71
Emergency declarations: 8
Fire management assistance declarations: 9
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.

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Latest declarations

Latest 20 FEMA declarations for Nebraska
Declaration	Incident type	Declared	ID
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding	Severe Storm	3 Aug 2026	DR-4928-NE
Wildfires	Fire	30 Jun 2026	DR-4920-NE
South Fork Fire	Fire	10 Jun 2026	FM-5637-NE
Morrill-Cottonwood Fire	Fire	13 Mar 2026	FM-5623-NE
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding	Severe Storm	22 Oct 2025	DR-4896-NE
Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds	Winter Storm	21 May 2025	DR-4868-NE
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding	Severe Storm	21 Oct 2024	DR-4838-NE
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding	Severe Storm	24 Sep 2024	DR-4822-NE
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding	Severe Storm	20 Aug 2024	DR-4808-NE
Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds	Severe Storm	24 May 2024	DR-4786-NE
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes	Tornado	3 May 2024	DR-4778-NE
Waconda-Beaver Lake Fire Complex	Fire	9 Apr 2023	FM-5462-NE
Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds	Severe Storm	27 Jul 2022	DR-4662-NE
Road 702 Fire	Fire	23 Apr 2022	FM-5436-NE
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes	Severe Storm	23 Feb 2022	DR-4641-NE
Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds	Severe Storm	6 Sep 2021	DR-4616-NE
COVID-19 Pandemic	Biological	4 Apr 2020	DR-4521-NE
COVID-19	Biological	13 Mar 2020	EM-3523-NE
COVID-19	Biological	13 Mar 2020	EM-3493-NE
COVID-19	Biological	13 Mar 2020	EM-3489-NE

Most common incident types

Declarations inNebraskaby FEMA incident type
Incident type	Declarations
Severe Storm	39
Flood	20
Fire	10
Tornado	6
Biological	6
Snowstorm	2
Severe Ice Storm	2
Winter Storm	1

Declarations by county

FEMA declarations per county, 1964–2026

None
1–10 (15)
11–20 (57)
21–30 (21)
31–40 (0)
41 or more (0)

Map of Nebraska by county, shaded by the number of FEMA declarations naming each, 1964 to 2026. Saunders: 30; Douglas: 29; Cass: 27 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. 93 of 93 areas shaded. The table below lists every area.

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

FEMA declarations by county in Nebraska
County	Declarations	Most recent
Adams (County)	18	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 23 Feb 2022
Antelope (County)	13	Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds 27 Jul 2022
Arthur (County)	12	Wildfires 30 Jun 2026
Banner (County)	8	Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds 24 May 2024
Blaine (County)	12	COVID-19 Pandemic 4 Apr 2020
Boone (County)	20	Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds 21 May 2025
Box Butte (County)	9	Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds 6 Sep 2021
Boyd (County)	18	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 Sep 2024
Brown (County)	11	COVID-19 Pandemic 4 Apr 2020
Buffalo (County)	19	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 3 Aug 2026
Burt (County)	20	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding 22 Oct 2025
Butler (County)	19	Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds 21 May 2025
Cass (County)	27	Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds 21 May 2025
Cedar (County)	16	Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds 27 Jul 2022
Chase (County)	12	COVID-19 Pandemic 4 Apr 2020
Cherry (County)	11	COVID-19 Pandemic 4 Apr 2020
Cheyenne (County)	10	Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds 24 May 2024
Clay (County)	19	Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds 21 May 2025
Colfax (County)	20	Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds 21 May 2025
Cuming (County)	24	Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds 21 May 2025
Custer (County)	20	Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds 27 Jul 2022
Dakota (County)	16	Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds 21 May 2025
Dawes (County)	12	South Fork Fire 10 Jun 2026
Dawson (County)	15	Morrill-Cottonwood Fire 13 Mar 2026
Deuel (County)	9	COVID-19 Pandemic 4 Apr 2020
Dixon (County)	19	Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds 27 Jul 2022
Dodge (County)	21	Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds 21 May 2025
Douglas (County)	29	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding 22 Oct 2025
Dundy (County)	12	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 20 Aug 2024
Fillmore (County)	25	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 3 Aug 2026
Franklin (County)	10	COVID-19 Pandemic 4 Apr 2020
Frontier (County)	16	Road 702 Fire 23 Apr 2022
Furnas (County)	16	Road 702 Fire 23 Apr 2022
Gage (County)	24	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 3 Aug 2026
Garden (County)	13	Wildfires 30 Jun 2026
Garfield (County)	14	Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds 27 Jul 2022
Gosper (County)	14	COVID-19 Pandemic 4 Apr 2020
Grant (County)	7	Wildfires 30 Jun 2026
Greeley (County)	20	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 3 May 2024
Hall (County)	17	Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds 6 Sep 2021
Hamilton (County)	23	Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds 21 May 2025
Harlan (County)	14	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 23 Feb 2022
Hayes (County)	19	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 20 Aug 2024
Hitchcock (County)	9	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 20 Aug 2024
Holt (County)	16	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 Sep 2024
Hooker (County)	6	COVID-19 Pandemic 4 Apr 2020
Howard (County)	24	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 3 Aug 2026
Jefferson (County)	25	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 3 Aug 2026
Johnson (County)	22	Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds 21 May 2025
Kearney (County)	16	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 23 Feb 2022
Keith (County)	9	Morrill-Cottonwood Fire 13 Mar 2026
Keya Paha (County)	13	COVID-19 Pandemic 4 Apr 2020
Kimball (County)	8	Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds 24 May 2024
Knox (County)	18	Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds 27 Jul 2022
Lancaster (County)	16	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding 22 Oct 2025
Lincoln (County)	20	Wildfires 30 Jun 2026
Logan (County)	14	Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds 27 Jul 2022
Loup (County)	14	COVID-19 Pandemic 4 Apr 2020
Madison (County)	19	Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds 6 Sep 2021
McPherson (County)	10	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 Sep 2024
Merrick (County)	15	COVID-19 Pandemic 4 Apr 2020
Morrill (County)	17	Wildfires 30 Jun 2026
Nance (County)	18	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 Sep 2024
Nemaha (County)	26	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 3 Aug 2026
Nuckolls (County)	21	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding 22 Oct 2025
Otoe (County)	23	Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds 21 May 2025
Pawnee (County)	20	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 23 Feb 2022
Perkins (County)	10	COVID-19 Pandemic 4 Apr 2020
Phelps (County)	14	COVID-19 Pandemic 4 Apr 2020
Pierce (County)	17	Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds 27 Jul 2022
Platte (County)	23	Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds 21 May 2025
Polk (County)	20	Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds 21 May 2025
Red Willow (County)	14	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 20 Aug 2024
Richardson (County)	23	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 Sep 2024
Rock (County)	14	COVID-19 Pandemic 4 Apr 2020
Saline (County)	21	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding 22 Oct 2025
Sarpy (County)	25	Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds 21 May 2025
Saunders (County)	30	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding 22 Oct 2025
Scotts Bluff (County)	10	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 Sep 2024
Seward (County)	19	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding 22 Oct 2025
Sheridan (County)	9	Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds 6 Sep 2021
Sherman (County)	19	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes 3 May 2024
Sioux (County)	14	South Fork Fire 10 Jun 2026
Stanton (County)	19	COVID-19 Pandemic 4 Apr 2020
Thayer (County)	24	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 3 Aug 2026
Thomas (County)	10	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 24 Sep 2024
Thurston (County)	24	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding 3 Aug 2026
Valley (County)	18	Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds 27 Jul 2022
Washington (County)	24	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding 22 Oct 2025
Wayne (County)	18	Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds 27 Jul 2022
Webster (County)	16	Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding 22 Oct 2025
Wheeler (County)	14	Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds 27 Jul 2022
York (County)	20	Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds 21 May 2025