FEMA Records
4
Low volume
Marshall Islands · FEMA + NOAA + National Risk Index
Majuro, MH
4 FEMA disaster declarations (1987-1998). Most common hazard: Flood.
- 4
- FEMA declarations
- 4
- Major disasters
- Flood
- Top hazard
FEMA OpenFEMA declaration desk
County FIPS 68190 · Majuro 4 declarations · rank 3212/3,266
DECL-LIGHT · MAJOR-HEAVY · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · NRI-UNK · ACT-LOW · TYPE-LEAD · VS-ST-HIGH
- DECL-LIGHT 4
- MAJOR-HEAVY 100%
- RANK-LOWER #3,212
- PHOTO-FINISH Canyon
- NRI-UNK NRI n/a
- ACT-LOW Low
- TYPE-LEAD Flood
- VS-ST-HIGH +100%
Nearest declaration peer: Canyon, ID (0 declaration gap)
FEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 filing stamps for this county register. Read with this county → · Marshall Islands state profile
Majuro in the declaration-count neighbourhood
FEMA declaration records among this county and nearest peers
- Los Angeles · largest
Los Angeles · largest
88 declarations
- Canyon · near 4
Canyon · near
4 declarations
- Majuro · this county 4
Majuro · this county
4 declarations
- Sweetwater · near 4
Sweetwater · near
4 declarations
- Wayne · near 4
Wayne · near
4 declarations
- Ujelang · smallest 1
Ujelang · smallest
1 declarations
What this shows Majuro carries 4 FEMA declaration records, ranked 3212 of 3,266 counties in this registry.
How does Majuro compare?
Majuro vs. all counties in this dataset
FEMA disaster declarations, all-time
4 1st percentile higher than 1% of 3,266 counties
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Source FEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 · 2026-08-03
What does Majuro'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. Majuro's 4 federal records stand 100% above the Marshall Islands county mean of 2.0. 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.
63 /100
Historical Activity Index
High historical activity
Majuro, MH · 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
3/30
4 OpenFEMA declarations, full ingest window (0.2x national county average)
County Disaster Density Very High
25/25
4 declarations (2.0x state county average of 2)
Major Disaster Share Very High
25/25
4 of 4 declarations are major disasters (100%)
Hazard Diversity High
10/20
4 different disaster types declared in Majuro
FEMA NRI 8-hazard radar - Majuro
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.
Major Disaster share
100%
Mostly major
County FIPS
68190
MH state code
Source: FEMA National Risk Index Per-county per-hazard ratings, December 2025 release
Disaster Types
Drought 1
Coastal Storm 1
Flood 1
Fire 1
What Flood declarations mean here
Flood is the most frequent declaration type on Majuro's record, 25% of its declarations. Federal flood declarations cover two mechanisms that behave very differently: riverine flooding, which builds over days as a watershed drains and is usually forecast well in advance, and flash flooding, which can arrive in under an hour from rainfall that fell somewhere upstream.
Flood is also the one hazard class where a second federal dataset exists for the same events. The National Flood Insurance Program records what was actually paid on insured losses, so it measures a narrower thing than the declaration count: uninsured damage, and flooding outside mapped special flood hazard areas, never enters it. Reading the two together is more informative than either alone.
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 - 4 100.0%
of all 4 declarations
FEMA Declarations Timeline
| Year | Declarations | |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 1 | |
| 1987 | 1 | |
Disaster Declarations
Download these 4 declarations as CSV . FEMA source data is public domain; our derived presentation is CC0.
| DR# | Title | Type | Incident | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1210 | DROUGHT, CROP LOSSES | DR | Drought | 1998-03-20 |
| 1040 | HIGH SURF AND WAVE ACTION | DR | Coastal Storm | 1994-10-06 |
| 932 | TROPICAL STORM AXEL | DR | Flood | 1992-02-07 |
| 791 | FIRE | DR | Fire | 1987-04-27 |
Data-matched county comparisons
Majuro's closest FEMA peer: Kwajalein, MH
Comparisons use published FEMA declaration fields for Majuro. Record similarity, not a safety rating.
Closest declaration profiles
Majuro shows 4 FEMA declarations, led by Flood.
Similar Major-disaster share
Majuro: 4 of 4 of its declarations are Major.
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 Majuro - capture-dated entries only.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by NRI score & FEMA declaration volume
Two PlainHazard-derived comparison paths for Majuro: 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: 4. NRI peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Further reading for this county
Understanding disaster data
Use the data guide to read Majuro's declaration register against state and national benchmarks without conflating it with modeled risk.
More PlainHazard guides
- Most disaster-prone counties - U.S. counties ranked by FEMA declaration totals.
- Understanding disaster data - declarations vs storm events vs NRI scores.
- Preparing for natural disasters - household checklist (not county-specific advice).
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the most common disaster type in Majuro?
The most common disaster type in Majuro is Flood, with 1 declaration. Other disaster types include Drought (1), Coastal Storm (1), Fire (1).
How does Majuro's FEMA declaration record compare with the Marshall Islands average?
FEMA lists 4 declaration records for Majuro. That is 100% above the Marshall Islands county mean of 2.0. Its count is also 81% 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 Majuro received?
Majuro has received 4 major disaster declarations, representing 100% of all 4 disaster declarations.
What was the worst year for disasters in Majuro?
The most active year for disaster declarations in Majuro was 1987, with 1 declaration. The county has FEMA disaster data spanning 1987 to 1998.
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
- FEMA OpenFEMA, Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 - all federally-declared disasters for this county. fema.gov/openfema/disaster-declarations
- FEMA National Risk Index (NRI) - per-county per-hazard risk ratings and expected annual loss. hazards.fema.gov/nri
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database - state-level storm/severe-weather event records, 2015-2025. ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainHazard
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