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Federated States of Micronesia · FEMA + NOAA + National Risk Index

Chuuk, FM

9 FEMA disaster declarations (1988-2007). Most common hazard: Typhoon.

9
FEMA declarations
7
Major disasters
Typhoon
Top hazard

FEMA OpenFEMA declaration desk

County FIPS 64002 · Chuuk 9 declarations · rank 2961/3,266

DECL-LIGHT · MAJOR-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · NRI-UNK · ACT-MODERATE · TYPE-LEAD · VS-ST-ABOVE

  • DECL-LIGHT 9
  • MAJOR-MID 78%
  • RANK-LOWER #2,961
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fulton
  • NRI-UNK NRI n/a
  • ACT-MODERATE Moderate
  • TYPE-LEAD Typhoon
  • VS-ST-ABOVE +44%

Nearest declaration peer: Fulton, OH (0 declaration gap)

FEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 filing stamps for this county register. Read with this county → · Federated States of Micronesia state profile

Chuuk in the declaration-count neighbourhood

FEMA declaration records among this county and nearest peers

declarations

What this shows Chuuk carries 9 FEMA declaration records, ranked 2961 of 3,266 counties in this registry.

Source FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 As of 2026-08-03

How does Chuuk compare?

Chuuk vs. all counties in this dataset

FEMA disaster declarations, all-time

9 8th percentile higher than 8% of 3,266 counties

This county 0 90 all U.S. counties FEMA tracks, bucketed by value

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Source FEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 · 2026-08-03

What does Chuuk's hazard record show?

Reading the federal records together

No paid-claim row for this county appears in the NFIP county table used by PlainHazard. That absence is not evidence that flooding never occurred: the register observes claims under federal flood-insurance policies, not uninsured losses, emergency reports, or every flood outside the program. The FEMA declaration history below is therefore the available federal-action record on this page.

The declaration register points in the busier direction. Chuuk's 9 federal records stand 44% above the Federated States of Micronesia county mean of 6.3. That comparison describes how often federal action was recorded, including any Major Disaster, Emergency, and Fire Management entries shown on this page; it does not convert the count into future probability.

49 /100

Historical Activity Index

Moderate historical activity

Chuuk, FM · PlainHazard-derived composite from federal records

This 0–100 index is an explicit PlainHazard composite from FEMA declaration history only on the county surface (this DB has no county-level NOAA damage row) . It is not FEMA's National Risk Index, not a forecast, and not a safety, insurance, or preparedness rating. Open the calculator · Methodology

FEMA Declarations (1953–present) Low
7/30

9 OpenFEMA declarations, full ingest window (0.4x national county average)

County Disaster Density High
18/25

9 declarations (1.4x state county average of 6)

Major Disaster Share Very High
19/25

7 of 9 declarations are major disasters (78%)

Hazard Diversity Moderate
5/20

2 different disaster types declared in Chuuk

FEMA NRI 8-hazard radar - Chuuk

Chuuk NRI risk profile 8-axis FEMA National Risk Index radar showing per-hazard scores for Earthquake 0, Flood 0, Hurricane 0, Tornado 0, Wildfire 0, Drought 0, Heat Wave 0, Winter Storm 0. The simple mean of these eight displayed scores is 0 of 100. Earthquake Flood Hurricane Tornado Wildfire Drought Heat Wave Winter Storm 0 8-hazard mean
Chuuk NRI risk profile FIPS 64002 · displayed-hazard mean 0/100
How to read this radar

Each axis: NRI risk rating (Very Low-Very High) on a 0-100 scale. Rounder = broad exposure; spiky = one or two hazards dominate.

FEMA Records

9

Low volume

Major Disaster share

78%

Mostly major

County FIPS

64002

FM state code

Source: FEMA National Risk Index Per-county per-hazard ratings, December 2025 release

Disaster Types

Typhoon 6
Drought 3

What Typhoon declarations mean here

Typhoon is the most frequent declaration type on Chuuk's federal record, 67% of its declarations. Atlantic tropical systems run on a defined season, 1 June to 30 November, with most activity concentrated between August and October; Pacific and territorial basins run on their own calendars. A single named storm routinely produces one declaration number covering a long corridor of counties at once, well inland as well as on the coast, which is why an affected county's count can jump by several in one year without several separate events having occurred.

One practical distinction matters when reading these records: a tropical declaration usually bundles wind, storm surge and inland rainfall flooding under a single incident, but the insurance behind them is split. Wind damage falls to property insurers, while flood and surge damage is covered only under a separate National Flood Insurance Program policy. That is why a county can show heavy declaration activity and a comparatively small NFIP claims record, or the reverse.

Declaration counts describe past federal action. They are a record of what was declared, not a forecast of future hazard probability.

Declaration Types

What DR / EM / FM mean

FEMA categorizes declarations as Major Disasters (DR), Emergencies (EM), or Fire Management Assistance (FM).

Major Disaster - 7 77.8%

of all 9 declarations

Emergency - 2 22.2%

of all 9 declarations

FEMA Declarations Timeline

Year Declarations
2007 1
2004 1
2003 1
2002 1
1998 1
1992 2
1991 1
1988 1

Disaster Declarations

How the 9 FEMA declarations break into federal action codes (DR / EM / FM). Same DISTINCT grain as the table below.

Download these 9 declarations as CSV . FEMA source data is public domain; our derived presentation is CC0.

DR# Title Type Incident Date
3276 DROUGHT EM Drought 2007-07-31
1504 TYPHOON LUPIT DR Typhoon 2003-12-19
1449 TYPHOON PONGSONA DR Typhoon 2003-01-06
1427 TS CHATA'AN, INC FLOODING, MUDSLIDES AND LANDSLIDES DR Typhoon 2002-07-11
1213 SEVERE DROUGHT DR Drought 1998-04-03
3093 DROUGHT EM Drought 1992-05-20
926 TYPHOON YURI DR Typhoon 1991-12-10
886 TYPHOON OWEN DR Typhoon 1990-12-14
803 TYPHOON NINA DR Typhoon 1987-11-25

Data-matched county comparisons

Chuuk's closest FEMA peer: Majuro, MH

Comparisons use published FEMA declaration fields for Chuuk. Record similarity, not a safety rating.

How these peers are chosen

Cohort: FEMA declaration county equivalents in the freely associated states. Each metric keeps six ETL candidates; three unique destinations are shown after de-duplicating across axes. Declaration-volume ranking combines count and Major-disaster share and prefers a different leading incident type; Major-share ranks the Major fraction adjusted for volume; NRI ranks the modeled composite score only.

Retained FEMA snapshot feed for Chuuk - capture-dated entries only.

Compare beyond this state

Nationwide peers by NRI score & FEMA declaration volume

Two PlainHazard-derived comparison paths for Chuuk: nearest out-of-state National Risk Index composite and nearest FEMA declaration count (floor ≥5 records). Record similarity only, not a forecast of the next hazard.

Similar declaration volume

Nearest out-of-state counties by FEMA declaration count. This county: 9. NRI peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.

4 peers

Further reading for this county

Understanding disaster data

Use the data guide to read Chuuk's declaration register against state and national benchmarks without conflating it with modeled risk.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the most common disaster type in Chuuk?
The most common disaster type in Chuuk is Typhoon, with 6 declarations. Other disaster types include Drought (3).
How does Chuuk's FEMA declaration record compare with the Federated States of Micronesia average?
FEMA lists 9 declaration records for Chuuk. That is 44% above the Federated States of Micronesia county mean of 6.3. Its count is also 57% below the national county mean of 20.7. A larger declaration history records more federal actions; it is not a forecast of the county's next hazard.
How many major FEMA disaster declarations has Chuuk received?
Chuuk has received 7 major disaster declarations, representing 78% of all 9 disaster declarations.
What was the worst year for disasters in Chuuk?
The most active year for disaster declarations in Chuuk was 1992, with 2 declarations. The county has FEMA disaster data spanning 1988 to 2007.
Data Sources & Methodology

Disaster declaration data comes from the FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 API, which includes all federally declared disasters, emergencies, and fire management assistance grants.

Storm event data is sourced from the NOAA Storm Events Database (2015-2025), which tracks significant weather events including thunderstorms, tornadoes, floods, and winter storms.

This data is provided for informational purposes only. FEMA disaster declarations represent federal response actions and may not capture all local emergencies or weather events.

PlainHazard derives this profile from FEMA's Disaster Declarations Summaries and National Risk Index data. The declaration comparison covers 3,266 U.S. counties and county equivalents in this database, refreshed as of 2026-08-03. Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

All federal data sources used on this page
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainHazard

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