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Major federal disaster declarations since 2000.
Major FEMA disaster declarations affecting this county since 2000. A declaration is counted once even when several federal assistance programs apply. It measures events that crossed the federal assistance threshold, not every storm, fire or dollar of damage; use it as historic context beside FEMA's forward-looking hazard scores.
Nevada has the lowest published federal disaster history in this comparison, at 9. The next states shown are Wyoming (10) and Rhode Island (11).
The table orders 51 states by major federal disaster declarations since 2000. It describes one published measure, not an overall judgment about where to live.
Use the result as a starting point, then compare the underlying source, dates, and local county figures before making a decision. Major FEMA disaster declarations affecting this county since 2000. A declaration is counted once even when several federal assistance programs apply. It measures events that crossed the federal assistance threshold, not every storm, fire or dollar of damage; use it as historic context beside FEMA's forward-looking hazard scores.
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<iframe src="https://movermath.com/embed/federal-disaster-history" width="100%" height="420" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Major federal disaster declarations since 2000 by state"></iframe>Source: FEMA OpenFEMA. · How this is built