Severe Ice Storm: FEMA declarations

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

FEMA has recorded 75 declarations with “Severe Ice Storm” as the primary incident type, from 10 Feb 1968 to 22 Jul 2025 . The most in one year was 11, in 2021.

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

Latest 20 severe ice storm declarations
Declaration State Incident type Declared ID
Severe Winter Storm Michigan Severe Ice Storm 22 Jul 2025 DR-4880-MI
Severe Winter Storms West Virginia Severe Ice Storm 13 May 2021 DR-4603-WV
Severe Winter Storms Virginia Severe Ice Storm 10 May 2021 DR-4602-VA
Severe Winter Storms Mississippi Severe Ice Storm 4 May 2021 DR-4598-MS
Severe Winter Storms Tennessee Severe Ice Storm 21 Apr 2021 DR-4594-TN
Severe Winter Storms, Landslides, and Mudslides Kentucky Severe Ice Storm 31 Mar 2021 DR-4592-KY
Severe Winter Storms Louisiana Severe Ice Storm 9 Mar 2021 DR-4590-LA
Severe Winter Storms Oklahoma Severe Ice Storm 24 Feb 2021 DR-4587-OK
Severe Winter Storms Texas Severe Ice Storm 19 Feb 2021 DR-4586-TX
Severe Winter Storm Louisiana Severe Ice Storm 18 Feb 2021 EM-3556-LA
Severe Winter Storm Oklahoma Severe Ice Storm 17 Feb 2021 EM-3555-OK
Severe Winter Storm Texas Severe Ice Storm 14 Feb 2021 EM-3554-TX
Severe Winter Storm Oklahoma Severe Ice Storm 21 Dec 2020 DR-4575-OK
Severe Winter Storm (FEMA website) Kansas Severe Ice Storm 24 Feb 2017 DR-4304-KS
Severe Winter Storms and Flooding (FEMA website) Oklahoma Severe Ice Storm 29 Dec 2015 DR-4247-OK
Severe Winter Storm (FEMA website) Georgia Severe Ice Storm 20 Apr 2015 DR-4215-GA
Severe Winter Storm and Flooding (FEMA website) Tennessee Severe Ice Storm 2 Apr 2015 DR-4211-TN
Severe Winter Storm (FEMA website) Tennessee Severe Ice Storm 11 Apr 2014 DR-4171-TN
Severe Winter Storm (FEMA website) North Carolina Severe Ice Storm 31 Mar 2014 DR-4167-NC
Severe Winter Storm (FEMA website) South Carolina Severe Ice Storm 12 Mar 2014 DR-4166-SC

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Declarations per year

Severe Ice Storm declarations per year, 1968–2026

Measure: number of FEMA declarations with severe ice storm 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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Severe Ice Storm declarations per year, 1968–2026
Year Declarations
2026 0
2025 1
2024 0
2023 0
2022 0
2021 11
2020 1
2019 0
2018 0
2017 1
2016 0
2015 3
2014 9
2013 1
2012 0
2011 0
2010 1
2009 8
2008 3
2007 7
2006 1
2005 0
2004 1
2003 5
2002 4
2001 3
2000 3
1999 3
1998 0
1997 1
1996 0
1995 0
1994 0
1993 0
1992 0
1991 3
1990 1
1989 0
1988 0
1987 0
1986 0
1985 0
1984 0
1983 0
1982 0
1981 0
1980 0
1979 0
1978 0
1977 1
1976 2
1975 0
1974 0
1973 0
1972 0
1971 0
1970 0
1969 0
1968 1

By decade

Severe Ice Stormdeclarations by decade declared
Decade Declarations
1960s 1
1970s 3
1990s 8
2000s 35
2010s 15
2020s 13

States and territories with the most

Top states forsevere ice stormdeclarations
State or territory Declarations
Oklahoma 12
Arkansas 6
Missouri 6
South Carolina 5
Tennessee 4
North Carolina 4
Kentucky 3
Louisiana 3
Texas 3
Georgia 3