FEMA Records
16
Below median
Northern Mariana Islands · FEMA + NOAA + National Risk Index
Northern Islands Municipality, MP
16 FEMA disaster declarations (1976-2026). Most common hazard: Typhoon.
- 16
- FEMA declarations
- 8
- Major disasters
- Typhoon
- Top hazard
FEMA OpenFEMA declaration desk
County FIPS 69085 · Northern Islands Municipality 16 declarations · rank 2226/3,266
DECL-MID · MAJOR-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · NRI-UNK · ACT-HIGH · TYPE-LEAD · VS-ST-BELOW
- DECL-MID 16
- MAJOR-MID 50%
- RANK-LOWER #2,226
- PHOTO-FINISH Greene
- NRI-UNK NRI n/a
- ACT-HIGH High
- TYPE-LEAD Typhoon
- VS-ST-BELOW -12%
Nearest declaration peer: Greene, GA (0 declaration gap)
FEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 filing stamps for this county register. Read with this county → · Northern Mariana Islands state profile
Northern Islands Municipality in the declaration-count neighbourhood
FEMA declaration records among this county and nearest peers
- Los Angeles · largest
Los Angeles · largest
88 declarations
- Frontier · near 16
Frontier · near
16 declarations
- Greene · near 16
Greene · near
16 declarations
- Northern Islands · this county 16
Northern Islands · this county
16 declarations
- Terrell · near 16
Terrell · near
16 declarations
- Ujelang · smallest 1
Ujelang · smallest
1 declarations
What this shows Northern Islands Municipality carries 16 FEMA declaration records, ranked 2226 of 3,266 counties in this registry.
How does Northern Islands Municipality compare?
Northern Islands Municipality vs. all counties in this dataset
FEMA disaster declarations, all-time
16 27th percentile higher than 27% of 3,266 counties
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Source FEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 · 2026-08-25
What does Northern Islands Municipality'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.
Start with the state benchmark: a Northern Mariana Islands county averages 18.2 federal declaration records, while Northern Islands Municipality has 16. The gap is 12% below that mean. Fewer entries indicate a quieter history of recorded federal actions, not immunity from a hazard and not a prediction about what happens next.
49 /100
Historical Activity Index
Moderate historical activity
Northern Islands Municipality, MP · 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) Moderate
12/30
16 OpenFEMA declarations, full ingest window (0.8x national county average)
County Disaster Density Moderate
11/25
16 declarations (0.9x state county average of 18)
Major Disaster Share High
13/25
8 of 16 declarations are major disasters (50%)
Hazard Diversity High
13/20
5 different disaster types declared in Northern Islands Municipality
FEMA NRI 8-hazard radar - Northern Islands Municipality
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
50%
Major-heavy
County FIPS
69085
MP state code
Source: FEMA National Risk Index Per-county per-hazard ratings, December 2025 release
Disaster Types
Typhoon 8
Tropical Storm 4
Biological 2
Hurricane 1
Flood 1
What Typhoon declarations mean here
Typhoon is the most frequent declaration type on Northern Islands Municipality's federal record, 50% 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).
Emergency - 8 50.0%
of all 16 declarations
Major Disaster - 8 50.0%
of all 16 declarations
FEMA Declarations Timeline
| Year | Declarations | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 1990 | 1 | |
| 1987 | 1 | |
| 1981 | 1 | |
| 1978 | 1 | |
| 1976 | 1 | |
Disaster Declarations
How the 16 FEMA declarations break into federal action codes (DR / EM / FM). Same DISTINCT grain as the table below.
Download these 16 declarations as CSV . FEMA source data is public domain; our derived presentation is CC0.
| DR# | Title | Type | Incident | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3647 | TYPHOON BAVI | EM | Tropical Storm | 2026-07-03 |
| 4910 | SUPER TYPHOON SINLAKU | DR | Hurricane | 2026-04-23 |
| 3645 | TYPHOON SINLAKU | EM | Tropical Storm | 2026-04-11 |
| 3602 | TROPICAL STORM BOLAVEN | EM | Tropical Storm | 2023-10-08 |
| 3593 | TYPHOON MAWAR | EM | Tropical Storm | 2023-05-22 |
| 4511 | COVID-19 PANDEMIC | DR | Biological | 2020-04-01 |
| 3463 | COVID-19 | EM | Biological | 2020-03-13 |
| 3425 | TYPHOON BUALOI | EM | Typhoon | 2019-10-20 |
| 3424 | TYPHOON HAGIBIS | EM | Typhoon | 2019-10-07 |
| 4404 | SUPER TYPHOON YUTU | DR | Typhoon | 2018-10-26 |
| 3408 | TYPHOON YUTU | EM | Typhoon | 2018-10-23 |
| 854 | TYPHOON KORYN | DR | Typhoon | 1990-02-05 |
| 783 | TYPHOON KIM | DR | Typhoon | 1986-12-10 |
| 634 | TYPHOON DINAH | DR | Typhoon | 1980-11-27 |
| 562 | TROPICAL STORM CARMEN | DR | Flood | 1978-08-18 |
| 508 | TYPHOONS PAMELA & THERESE | DR | Typhoon | 1976-06-17 |
Data-matched county comparisons
Northern Islands Municipality's closest FEMA peer: Sanders County, MT
Comparisons use published FEMA declaration fields for Northern Islands Municipality. Record similarity, not a safety rating.
Closest declaration profiles
Northern Islands Municipality shows 16 FEMA declarations, led by Typhoon.
Similar Major-disaster share
Northern Islands Municipality: 8 of 16 of its declarations are Major.
How these peers are chosen
Cohort: Published U.S. county equivalents outside the source state or territory. 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 Northern Islands Municipality - capture-dated entries only.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by NRI score & FEMA declaration volume
Two PlainHazard-derived comparison paths for Northern Islands Municipality: 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: 16. NRI peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Further reading for this county
Most disaster-prone counties
With 16 FEMA declarations, Northern Islands Municipality sits in the high-volume declaration band - see how that count ranks against other U.S. counties.
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 Northern Islands Municipality?
The most common disaster type in Northern Islands Municipality is Typhoon, with 8 declarations. Other disaster types include Tropical Storm (4), Biological (2), Hurricane (1).
How does Northern Islands Municipality's FEMA declaration record compare with the Northern Mariana Islands average?
The typical Northern Mariana Islands county has 18.2 FEMA declaration records; Northern Islands Municipality has 16, or 12% fewer. Against the national county mean of 20.7, this county's total is 23% lower. The comparison is historical and says nothing about the probability of a future event.
How many major FEMA disaster declarations has Northern Islands Municipality received?
Northern Islands Municipality has received 8 major disaster declarations, representing 50% of all 16 disaster declarations.
What was the worst year for disasters in Northern Islands Municipality?
The most active year for disaster declarations in Northern Islands Municipality was 2020, with 4 declarations. The county has FEMA disaster data spanning 1976 to 2026.
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 2026-08-25. 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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