Douglas County, Nevada FEMA Disaster Declarations

How many FEMA disaster declarations has Douglas County, Nevada had?

Douglas County, Nevada has had 25 county-designated federal disaster declarations on record (1953 to present; declarations designated "Statewide" are tracked at the state level and not included), spanning 1965 through 2025 — 8 major disasters (DR), 4 emergencies (EM), and 13 fire-management declarations (FM). The most common incident types in this county are Fire (13), Severe Storm (4), Flood (3).

Declarations affecting Douglas County

Fire Mgmt

CONNER FIRE

Declared: June 20, 2025 Incident: Fire Disaster #: 5592 Began: June 20, 2025 Ended: June 24, 2025

Programs: Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation

Fire Mgmt

SPRING VALLEY FIRE

Declared: July 16, 2024 Incident: Fire Disaster #: 5509 Began: July 16, 2024 Ended: July 17, 2024

Programs: Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation

Major Disaster

SEVERE WINTER STORMS, FLOODING, LANDSLIDES, AND MUDSLIDES

Declared: April 27, 2023 Incident: Flood Disaster #: 4708 Began: March 8, 2023 Ended: March 19, 2023

Programs: Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation

Fire Mgmt

TAMARACK FIRE

Declared: July 22, 2021 Incident: Fire Disaster #: 5402 Began: July 22, 2021 Ended: July 29, 2021

Programs: Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation

Fire Mgmt

JACKS VALLEY FIRE

Declared: June 9, 2021 Incident: Fire Disaster #: 5390 Began: June 9, 2021 Ended: June 10, 2021

Programs: Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation

Fire Mgmt

NUMBERS FIRE

Declared: July 7, 2020 Incident: Fire Disaster #: 5319 Began: July 6, 2020 Ended: July 11, 2020

Programs: Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation

Major Disaster

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Declared: April 4, 2020 Incident: Biological Disaster #: 4523 Began: January 20, 2020 Ended: May 11, 2023

Programs: Individual Assistance, Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation

Emergency

COVID-19

Declared: March 13, 2020 Incident: Biological Disaster #: 3443 Began: January 20, 2020 Ended: May 11, 2023

Programs: Public Assistance

Fire Mgmt

CANYON FIRE

Declared: August 21, 2019 Incident: Fire Disaster #: 5289 Began: August 21, 2019

Programs: Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation

Fire Mgmt

PREACHER FIRE

Declared: July 25, 2017 Incident: Fire Disaster #: 5193 Began: July 24, 2017 Ended: July 29, 2017

Programs: Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation

Major Disaster

SEVERE WINTER STORMS, FLOODING, AND MUDSLIDES

Declared: March 27, 2017 Incident: Severe Storm Disaster #: 4307 Began: February 5, 2017 Ended: February 22, 2017

Programs: Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation

Major Disaster

SEVERE WINTER STORMS, FLOODING, AND MUDSLIDES

Declared: February 17, 2017 Incident: Severe Storm Disaster #: 4303 Began: January 5, 2017 Ended: January 14, 2017

Programs: Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation

Fire Mgmt

FRONTAGE FIRE

Declared: October 2, 2016 Incident: Fire Disaster #: 5154 Began: October 2, 2016 Ended: October 4, 2016

Programs: Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation

Fire Mgmt

TRE FIRE

Declared: May 22, 2012 Incident: Fire Disaster #: 2977 Began: May 22, 2012

Programs: Public Assistance

Fire Mgmt

HOLBROOK FIRE

Declared: September 10, 2011 Incident: Fire Disaster #: 2969 Began: September 10, 2011 Ended: September 11, 2011

Programs: Public Assistance

Fire Mgmt

SLEEPING ELEPHANT FIRE

Declared: July 6, 2007 Incident: Fire Disaster #: 2705 Began: July 6, 2007 Ended: July 8, 2007

Programs: Public Assistance

Major Disaster

SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING

Declared: February 3, 2006 Incident: Severe Storm Disaster #: 1629 Began: December 31, 2005 Ended: January 4, 2006

Programs: Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation

Emergency

HURRICANE KATRINA EVACUATION

Declared: September 13, 2005 Incident: Hurricane Disaster #: 3243 Began: August 29, 2005 Ended: October 1, 2005

Programs: Public Assistance

Emergency

SNOW

Declared: February 23, 2005 Incident: Snowstorm Disaster #: 3204 Began: January 6, 2005 Ended: January 10, 2005

Programs: Public Assistance

Emergency

RECORD AND/OR NEAR RECORD SNOW

Declared: February 17, 2005 Incident: Snowstorm Disaster #: 3202 Began: December 29, 2004 Ended: January 2, 2005

Programs: Public Assistance

Fire Mgmt

NV - GATE FIRE COMPLEX - 07/15/02

Declared: July 15, 2002 Incident: Fire Disaster #: 2441 Began: July 14, 2002 Ended: July 26, 2002

Programs: Public Assistance

Fire Mgmt

NV - GONDOLA FIRE - 07/03/2002

Declared: July 3, 2002 Incident: Fire Disaster #: 2438 Began: July 3, 2002 Ended: July 9, 2002

Programs: Public Assistance

Major Disaster

SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING, MUD AND LANDSLIDES

Declared: January 3, 1997 Incident: Severe Storm Disaster #: 1153 Began: December 20, 1996 Ended: January 17, 1997

Programs: Individual Assistance, Public Assistance

Major Disaster

SEVERE STORMS & FLOODING

Declared: February 28, 1986 Incident: Flood Disaster #: 759 Began: February 15, 1986 Ended: March 12, 1986

Programs: Public Assistance

Major Disaster

SEVERE STORMS, HEAVY RAINS & FLOODING

Declared: January 18, 1965 Incident: Flood Disaster #: 187 Began: January 18, 1965 Ended: January 18, 1965

Programs: Individual Assistance, Public Assistance

About this data. Federal disaster declarations unlock specific recovery programs at the county level. Public Assistance funds rebuilding of public infrastructure (roads, utilities, schools); Individual Assistance provides grants and SBA loans to households and businesses; Hazard Mitigation funds long-term risk reduction. Apply via disasterassistance.gov when a declaration is active for your area. Source: OpenFEMA API.