PlainHazard data
All States & Territories
FEMA disaster declarations and NOAA storm event data for 56 U.S. states and territories, ranked by total disaster count.
| # | State | Disasters | Major | Storm Events | Fatalities | Property Damage | Top Hazard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California (CA) | 162 | 19 | 28,215 | 830 | $22.3B | Fire |
| 2 | Washington (WA) | 95 | 12 | 5,081 | 104 | $4.2B | Fire |
| 3 | Oregon (OR) | 76 | 6 | 4,241 | 327 | $4.0B | Fire |
| 4 | Oklahoma (OK) | 63 | 12 | 28,865 | 142 | $1.2B | Fire |
| 5 | Arizona (AZ) | 42 | 8 | 11,856 | 3,414 | $443.7M | Fire |
| 6 | Montana (MT) | 40 | 13 | 16,909 | 104 | $135.6M | Fire |
| 7 | Texas (TX) | 39 | 8 | 64,364 | 1,171 | $71.4B | Fire |
| 8 | New Mexico (NM) | 33 | 6 | 13,491 | 102 | $1.6B | Fire |
| 9 | Florida (FL) | 32 | 10 | 15,028 | 797 | $58.8B | Hurricane |
| 10 | Nevada (NV) | 31 | 1 | 5,679 | 952 | $220.0M | Fire |
| 11 | Colorado (CO) | 30 | 4 | 21,763 | 120 | $5.5B | Fire |
| 12 | Alaska (AK) | 29 | 19 | 3,262 | 35 | $187.1M | Fire |
| 13 | Tennessee (TN) | 26 | 17 | 20,587 | 249 | $2.7B | Severe Storm |
| 14 | Utah (UT) | 25 | 2 | 5,512 | 108 | $313.9M | Fire |
| 15 | Kansas (KS) | 24 | 12 | 29,536 | 80 | $371.4M | Fire |
| 16 | Louisiana (LA) | 21 | 9 | 18,042 | 210 | $37.6B | Hurricane |
| 17 | Idaho (ID) | 21 | 5 | 6,164 | 69 | $535.8M | Fire |
| 18 | Kentucky (KY) | 20 | 14 | 24,114 | 348 | $259.5M | Severe Storm |
| 19 | Mississippi (MS) | 17 | 12 | 17,245 | 146 | $1.1B | Severe Storm |
| 20 | North Carolina (NC) | 17 | 6 | 19,632 | 324 | $6.0B | Fire |
| 21 | New York (NY) | 17 | 11 | 25,737 | 225 | $1.1B | Hurricane |
| 22 | Nebraska (NE) | 16 | 11 | 24,159 | 41 | $1.6B | Severe Storm |
| 23 | South Dakota (SD) | 16 | 10 | 27,900 | 85 | $265.2M | Fire |
| 24 | Wyoming (WY) | 16 | 3 | 14,383 | 44 | $117.6M | Fire |
| 25 | South Carolina (SC) | 15 | 6 | 12,555 | 137 | $915.9M | Fire |
| 26 | Georgia (GA) | 14 | 7 | 19,360 | 148 | $3.8B | Fire |
| 27 | Hawaii (HI) | 14 | 5 | 6,989 | 137 | $5.7B | Fire |
| 28 | Vermont (VT) | 13 | 10 | 4,198 | 24 | $235.6M | Flood |
| 29 | Missouri (MO) | 12 | 12 | 27,634 | 234 | $4.8B | Severe Storm |
| 30 | North Dakota (ND) | 12 | 10 | 13,374 | 31 | $430.5M | Severe Storm |
| 31 | West Virginia (WV) | 11 | 10 | 15,418 | 79 | $347.4M | Flood |
| 32 | Arkansas (AR) | 9 | 7 | 16,539 | 70 | $922.4M | Severe Storm |
| 33 | Alabama (AL) | 9 | 8 | 17,915 | 191 | $548.4M | Severe Storm |
| 34 | New Hampshire (NH) | 9 | 8 | 3,038 | 17 | $102.3M | Severe Storm |
| 35 | Maine (ME) | 9 | 8 | 5,687 | 16 | $238.7M | Severe Storm |
| 36 | Virginia (VA) | 8 | 6 | 28,233 | 79 | $754.3M | Severe Storm |
| 37 | Minnesota (MN) | 8 | 7 | 23,670 | 86 | $360.7M | Flood |
| 38 | Iowa (IA) | 7 | 7 | 25,039 | 66 | $1.2B | Severe Storm |
| 39 | Puerto Rico (PR) | 7 | 5 | 3,724 | 200 | $19.1B | Flood |
| 40 | Connecticut (CT) | 7 | 3 | 3,019 | 16 | $81.6M | Severe Storm |
| 41 | Northern Mariana Islands (MP) | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | $0 | Tropical Storm |
| 42 | Guam (GU) | 6 | 2 | 12,390 | 139 | $6.1B | Tropical Storm |
| 43 | New Jersey (NJ) | 6 | 4 | 9,427 | 115 | $305.9M | Hurricane |
| 44 | Rhode Island (RI) | 6 | 4 | 1,024 | 8 | $8.1M | Severe Storm |
| 45 | Massachusetts (MA) | 5 | 3 | 7,555 | 18 | $85.5M | Hurricane |
| 46 | Illinois (IL) | 5 | 4 | 26,971 | 180 | $2.1B | Flood |
| 47 | Michigan (MI) | 4 | 4 | 10,699 | 85 | $2.3B | Flood |
| 48 | U.S. Virgin Islands (VI) | 4 | 1 | 101 | 2 | $536.2K | Tropical Storm |
| 49 | Wisconsin (WI) | 3 | 3 | 16,549 | 217 | $865.1M | Flood |
| 50 | Delaware (DE) | 3 | 3 | 1,684 | 5 | $4.5M | Hurricane |
| 51 | Indiana (IN) | 3 | 2 | 15,461 | 151 | $371.7M | Winter Storm |
| 52 | District of Columbia (DC) | 2 | 0 | 526 | 6 | $31.2M | Other |
| 53 | Maryland (MD) | 2 | 1 | 12,101 | 66 | $276.0M | Winter Storm |
| 54 | Pennsylvania (PA) | 2 | 2 | 23,203 | 159 | $722.0M | Tropical Storm |
| 55 | American Samoa (AS) | 2 | 2 | 409 | 19 | $82.7M | Severe Storm |
| 56 | Ohio (OH) | 1 | 1 | 19,365 | 82 | $993.5M | Tornado |
Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, NOAA Storm Events Database (2015-2025) FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, NOAA Storm Events Database (2015-2025)