Utah FEMA Disaster Declarations — 11 Federal Declarations

How many FEMA disaster declarations has Utah had?

Utah has had 11 federal disaster declarations in the last 5 years — 1 major disaster (DR), 0 emergencies (EM), and 10 fire-management declarations (FM) — affecting 15 counties. The most common incident types were Fire (10), Flood (1).

Declarations (11)

Fire Mgmt

ROCKY CANYON FIRE

Declared: August 9, 2026 Incident: Fire Disaster #: 5665 Counties: 2

Summit Morgan

Fire Mgmt

WIDEMOUTH 2 FIRE

Declared: August 2, 2026 Incident: Fire Disaster #: 5661 Counties: 1

Millard

Fire Mgmt

CHERRY FIRE

Declared: June 27, 2026 Incident: Fire Disaster #: 5641 Counties: 2

Juab Tooele

Fire Mgmt

COTTONWOOD FIRE

Declared: June 23, 2026 Incident: Fire Disaster #: 5640 Counties: 1

Beaver

Fire Mgmt

IRON FIRE

Declared: June 21, 2026 Incident: Fire Disaster #: 5639 Counties: 3

Tooele Utah Juab

Fire Mgmt

MONROE CANYON FIRE

Declared: July 16, 2025 Incident: Fire Disaster #: 5600 Counties: 2

Piute Sevier

Fire Mgmt

DEER CREEK FIRE

Declared: July 12, 2025 Incident: Fire Disaster #: 5598 Counties: 1

San Juan

Fire Mgmt

FORSYTH FIRE

Declared: June 20, 2025 Incident: Fire Disaster #: 5591 Counties: 1

Washington

Fire Mgmt

SILVER KING FIRE

Declared: July 7, 2024 Incident: Fire Disaster #: 5504 Counties: 1

Piute

Major Disaster

FLOODING

Declared: December 23, 2023 Incident: Flood Disaster #: 4752 Counties: 5

Utah Morgan Iron Wasatch Sanpete

Fire Mgmt

PARLEYS CANYON FIRE

Declared: August 14, 2021 Incident: Fire Disaster #: 5408 Counties: 2

Salt Lake Summit

About this data. Federal disaster declarations are issued by the President under the Stafford Act. Each declaration unlocks federal funding for recovery — typically Public Assistance (rebuilding government infrastructure), Individual Assistance (grants and SBA loans for households), and Hazard Mitigation programs. See OpenFEMA for full documentation. Page rendered August 13, 2026.