PlainHazard data
Natural disaster data by state, A to Z
5,218 disaster declarations from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and 681,982 storm events from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, covering all 59 U.S. states and territories and current to 2026-08-25. Listed alphabetically so you can go straight to yours; the "Rank" column shows where each one places nationally by total declarations. How these counts are built is documented in our methodology.
Looking for the ranking itself? See states with the most natural disasters, ordered by declaration count with national concentration context.
| Rank | State | Disasters | Major | Storm Events | Fatalities | Property Damage | Top Hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | Alabama (AL) | 102 | 75 | 14,583 | 161 | $495.6M | Severe Storm |
| 19 | Alaska (AK) | 94 | 66 | 2,683 | 33 | $147.2M | Fire |
| 57 | American Samoa (AS) | 17 | 15 | 292 | 16 | $74.7M | Hurricane |
| 8 | Arizona (AZ) | 120 | 37 | 9,541 | 2,810 | $361.6M | Fire |
| 21 | Arkansas (AR) | 87 | 74 | 13,637 | 64 | $879.5M | Severe Storm |
| 1 | California (CA) | 396 | 116 | 23,694 | 690 | $22.1B | Fire |
| 11 | Colorado (CO) | 111 | 25 | 18,340 | 105 | $5.5B | Fire |
| 48 | Connecticut (CT) | 43 | 26 | 2,622 | 16 | $81.2M | Hurricane |
| 53 | Delaware (DE) | 26 | 20 | 1,475 | 4 | $4.4M | Hurricane |
| 55 | District of Columbia (DC) | 24 | 15 | 452 | 3 | $29.2M | Severe Storm |
| 56 | Federated States of Micronesia (FM) | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | $0 | Typhoon |
| 5 | Florida (FL) | 188 | 86 | 12,838 | 624 | $41.7B | Fire |
| 26 | Georgia (GA) | 81 | 51 | 16,676 | 134 | $3.8B | Severe Storm |
| 54 | Guam (GU) | 25 | 19 | 258 | 38 | $6.1B | Typhoon |
| 31 | Hawaii (HI) | 72 | 39 | 6,200 | 134 | $5.7B | Fire |
| 37 | Idaho (ID) | 60 | 35 | 5,142 | 62 | $458.6M | Fire |
| 33 | Illinois (IL) | 68 | 59 | 22,088 | 165 | $1.6B | Severe Storm |
| 43 | Indiana (IN) | 54 | 45 | 12,687 | 127 | $312.4M | Severe Storm |
| 28 | Iowa (IA) | 78 | 72 | 21,883 | 57 | $922.0M | Severe Storm |
| 20 | Kansas (KS) | 94 | 71 | 25,115 | 59 | $294.1M | Severe Storm |
| 15 | Kentucky (KY) | 98 | 81 | 19,947 | 265 | $219.4M | Severe Storm |
| 12 | Louisiana (LA) | 111 | 78 | 11,204 | 174 | $37.4B | Hurricane |
| 32 | Maine (ME) | 71 | 52 | 4,781 | 14 | $205.8M | Severe Storm |
| 58 | Marshall Islands (MH) | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | $0 | Typhoon |
| 49 | Maryland (MD) | 38 | 31 | 10,290 | 61 | $258.6M | Flood |
| 39 | Massachusetts (MA) | 59 | 36 | 6,781 | 17 | $84.1M | Severe Storm |
| 46 | Michigan (MI) | 46 | 35 | 9,052 | 72 | $2.2B | Flood |
| 27 | Minnesota (MN) | 81 | 63 | 19,109 | 77 | $282.9M | Flood |
| 16 | Mississippi (MS) | 98 | 77 | 14,100 | 130 | $1.0B | Severe Storm |
| 23 | Missouri (MO) | 86 | 75 | 22,952 | 197 | $2.9B | Severe Storm |
| 10 | Montana (MT) | 112 | 43 | 13,576 | 76 | $93.7M | Fire |
| 22 | Nebraska (NE) | 87 | 70 | 20,136 | 32 | $1.4B | Severe Storm |
| 13 | Nevada (NV) | 110 | 22 | 4,534 | 795 | $193.3M | Fire |
| 35 | New Hampshire (NH) | 63 | 48 | 2,547 | 13 | $91.2M | Severe Storm |
| 40 | New Jersey (NJ) | 59 | 43 | 8,218 | 100 | $304.9M | Severe Storm |
| 7 | New Mexico (NM) | 126 | 39 | 10,974 | 78 | $1.3B | Fire |
| 9 | New York (NY) | 118 | 85 | 21,653 | 158 | $992.0M | Severe Storm |
| 24 | North Carolina (NC) | 85 | 57 | 16,367 | 301 | $5.9B | Hurricane |
| 30 | North Dakota (ND) | 75 | 61 | 10,818 | 21 | $329.7M | Flood |
| 52 | Northern Mariana Islands (MP) | 29 | 20 | 0 | 0 | $0 | Typhoon |
| 38 | Ohio (OH) | 60 | 52 | 16,184 | 71 | $966.5M | Severe Storm |
| 3 | Oklahoma (OK) | 258 | 99 | 23,896 | 119 | $1.1B | Fire |
| 6 | Oregon (OR) | 169 | 44 | 3,695 | 294 | $4.0B | Fire |
| 59 | Palau (PW) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | $0 | Typhoon |
| 34 | Pennsylvania (PA) | 64 | 54 | 19,427 | 136 | $701.9M | Flood |
| 44 | Puerto Rico (PR) | 51 | 36 | 2,944 | 163 | $19.1B | Hurricane |
| 51 | Rhode Island (RI) | 31 | 17 | 924 | 7 | $6.9M | Hurricane |
| 45 | South Carolina (SC) | 51 | 29 | 10,520 | 127 | $912.7M | Hurricane |
| 18 | South Dakota (SD) | 96 | 63 | 22,759 | 67 | $262.5M | Severe Storm |
| 17 | Tennessee (TN) | 97 | 78 | 16,645 | 228 | $2.6B | Severe Storm |
| 2 | Texas (TX) | 389 | 107 | 53,309 | 943 | $69.5B | Fire |
| 50 | U.S. Virgin Islands (VI) | 33 | 21 | 88 | 2 | $527.1K | Hurricane |
| 41 | Utah (UT) | 59 | 16 | 4,578 | 97 | $239.8M | Fire |
| 36 | Vermont (VT) | 62 | 55 | 3,449 | 22 | $228.0M | Severe Storm |
| 29 | Virginia (VA) | 77 | 58 | 23,584 | 69 | $660.0M | Severe Storm |
| 4 | Washington (WA) | 215 | 68 | 4,408 | 96 | $3.3B | Fire |
| 25 | West Virginia (WV) | 84 | 72 | 12,026 | 63 | $299.9M | Flood |
| 42 | Wisconsin (WI) | 56 | 47 | 13,807 | 196 | $670.8M | Flood |
| 47 | Wyoming (WY) | 45 | 15 | 12,494 | 39 | $90.7M | Fire |
Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, NOAA Storm Events Database (2015-2025)
Download the county summary (CSV) , open extract wired into this page's Dataset JSON-LD (same file as /statistics).