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Flood: FEMA declarations

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

FEMA has recorded 930 declarations with “Flood” as the primary incident type, from 29 May 1953 to 26 Oct 2026 . The most in one year was 43, in 1972.

Incident types are FEMA's own classification. See how FEMA declares disasters.These figures count FEMA declarations and designated areas. They do not measure damage, cost, deaths or how severe an event was.

Latest declarations

Declaration State Incident type Declared ID
Severe Storms and Flooding New Mexico Flood 26 Oct 2026 EM-3660-NM
Severe Storms and Flooding New Mexico Flood 7 Oct 2026 DR-4954-NM
Cottonwood Fire, Flooding, and Mudslides Utah Flood 7 Oct 2026 DR-4948-UT
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, and Landslides Ohio Flood 2 Oct 2026 DR-4945-OH
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding Texas Flood 1 Sep 2026 DR-4935-TX
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding Indiana Flood 25 Aug 2026 DR-4933-IN
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding Indiana Flood 15 Aug 2026 EM-3651-IN
Severe Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides West Virginia Flood 3 Aug 2026 DR-4932-WV
Flooding Texas Flood 18 Jul 2026 EM-3649-TX
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding Michigan Flood 30 Jun 2026 DR-4925-MI
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding Wisconsin Flood 30 Jun 2026 DR-4923-WI
Severe Storms, Flooding, and Remnants of Typhoon Halong Alaska Flood 29 May 2026 DR-4912-AK
Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides Hawaii Flood 7 Apr 2026 DR-4909-HI
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides Washington Flood 7 Apr 2026 DR-4906-WA
Severe Storms and Flooding Montana Flood 7 Apr 2026 DR-4901-MT
Severe Storms and Flooding Montana Flood 19 Dec 2025 EM-3630-MT
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides Washington Flood 12 Dec 2025 EM-3629-WA
Severe Storms, Flooding, and Remnants of Typhoon Halong Alaska Flood 22 Oct 2025 DR-4893-AK
Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Mudslides Wisconsin Flood 11 Sep 2025 DR-4892-WI
Severe Storm and Flooding South Dakota Flood 11 Sep 2025 DR-4890-SD

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Declarations per year

Flood declarations per year, 1953–2026

Measure: number of FEMA declarations with flood as the primary incident type, by year declared. Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2. 2026 is partial: it runs to the latest FEMA record.
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Year Declarations
2026 15
2025 14
2024 20
2023 24
2022 11
2021 9
2020 6
2019 28
2018 17
2017 13
2016 18
2015 9
2014 10
2013 17
2012 3
2011 27
2010 9
2009 3
2008 3
2007 1
2006 2
2005 2
2004 1
2003 0
2002 4
2001 5
2000 2
1999 3
1998 6
1997 11
1996 27
1995 5
1994 4
1993 15
1992 18
1991 13
1990 16
1989 17
1988 2
1987 10
1986 23
1985 10
1984 20
1983 14
1982 19
1981 7
1980 12
1979 29
1978 21
1977 16
1976 19
1975 25
1974 33
1973 34
1972 43
1971 10
1970 12
1969 21
1968 10
1967 6
1966 9
1965 9
1964 15
1963 15
1962 17
1961 10
1960 3
1959 6
1958 5
1957 10
1956 7
1955 8
1954 7
1953 5

By decade

Decade Declarations
1950s 48
1960s 115
1970s 242
1980s 134
1990s 118
2000s 23
2010s 151
2020s 99

States and territories with the most

State or territory Declarations
Texas 45
California 41
West Virginia 36
Washington 35
North Dakota 33
Minnesota 31
Iowa 30
Louisiana 29
New York 27
Kentucky 27