Texas Disaster History

Major Disaster Declarations

Year Date Disaster Types Active Disaster Number
2008 09/13 Hurricane Ike active disaster 1791
2008 07/24 Hurricane Dolly active disaster 1780
2007 10/02 Tropical Storm Erin not active disaster 1730
2007 06/29 Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding not active disaster 1709
2007 05/01 Severe Storms and Tornadoes not active disaster 1697
2006 08/15 Flooding not active disaster 1658
2006 01/11 Extreme Wildfire Threat not active disaster 1624
2005 09/24 Hurricane Rita active disaster 1606
2003 07/17 Hurricane Claudette not active disaster 1479
2002 11/05 Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding not active disaster 1439
2002 09/26 Tropical Storm Fay not active disaster 1434
2002 07/04 Severe Storms and Flooding not active disaster 1425
2001 06/09 Severe Storms & Flooding not active disaster 1379
2001 01/08 Severe Winter Storm not active disaster 1356
2000 04/07 Severe Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding not active disaster 1323
1999 08/22 Hurricane Bret not active disaster 1287
1999 05/06 Severe Storms and Tornadoes not active disaster 1274
1998 10/21 Severe Storms, Flooding and Tornadoes not active disaster 1257
1998 09/23 Tropical Storm Frances not active disaster 1245
1998 08/26 Tropical Storm Charley not active disaster 1239
1997 07/07 Severe Storms/Flooding not active disaster 1179
1995 06/13 Flooding, Severe Storm, Tornadoes, Hail not active disaster 1056
1994 10/18 Severe Storm,Thunderstorms, Flooding not active disaster 1041
1994 04/29 Severe Storms, Tornadoes not active disaster 1026
1992 12/04 Severe Storm, Thunderstorms, Tornadoes not active disaster 970
1992 09/09 Heavy Rain, Hail not active disaster 960
1992 07/02 Severe Storm, Tornadoes not active disaster 949
1992 03/20 Flooding, Severe Storm not active disaster 937
1991 12/26 Severe Storm, Thunderstorms not active disaster 930
1991 04/12 Flooding, Severe Storm, Tornado not active disaster 900
1990 05/02 Flooding, Severe Storm, Tornado not active disaster 863
1990 01/09 Severe Freeze not active disaster 850
1989 07/18 Tropical Storm Allison not active disaster 836
1989 05/19 SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, FLOODING not active disaster 828
1989 04/23 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 823
1988 10/05 HURRICANE GILBERT not active disaster 816
1987 11/20 SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES not active disaster 802
1987 05/26 SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES not active disaster 793
1986 09/10 TORNADOES not active disaster 772
1986 04/23 Severe Storms, Rains, Tornadoes not active disaster 763
1984 10/30 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 727
1984 10/02 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 726
1984 01/07 Severe Freezing Weather not active disaster 696
1983 08/19 HURRICANE ALICIA not active disaster 689
1982 05/25 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 659
1982 04/08 SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES not active disaster 655
1981 10/23 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 648
1981 09/21 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 646
1980 09/26 Tropical Storm Danielle not active disaster 632
1980 08/11 HURRICANE ALLEN not active disaster 627
1979 09/25 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 603
1979 07/28 STORMS, FLASH FLOODS not active disaster 595
1979 06/14 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 587
1979 04/26 SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, FLOODING not active disaster 580
1979 04/11 SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES not active disaster 575
1978 08/03 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 561
1976 06/19 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 510
1975 04/01 TORNADOES not active disaster 462
1975 02/15 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 457
1974 11/30 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 454
1973 07/11 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 398
1973 06/25 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 393
1973 03/12 High Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding not active disaster 365
1972 05/20 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 333
1972 01/27 Heavy Rains, Flooding not active disaster 320
1971 09/18 Heavy Rains, High Winds, Flooding not active disaster 313
1970 08/04 HURRICANE CELIA not active disaster 292
1970 05/13 Tornadoes, Windstorms, Flooding not active disaster 286
1968 07/05 Severe Storms, High Winds, Flooding not active disaster 246
1968 06/10 Heavy Rains, Flooding not active disaster 244
1967 09/28 HURRICANE BEULAH not active disaster 232
1966 09/27 Heavy Rains, Flooding not active disaster 222
1966 05/12 SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING not active disaster 218
1965 06/19 TORNADOES, FLOODING not active disaster 199
1963 09/24 HURRICANE CINDY not active disaster 159
1961 09/16 HURRICANE CARLA not active disaster 118
1960 07/15 Heavy Rains, Hail, Floods, Tornadoes not active disaster 103
1959 07/08 FLOODS not active disaster 93
1958 06/06 Tornadoes, Rain, Hail, Floods not active disaster 85
1957 04/29 Hurricane, Rain, Wind, Hail, Floods not active disaster 72
1954 07/01 FLOOD not active disaster 18
1953 06/19 FLOOD not active disaster 9
1953 05/15 Tornado, Heavy Rainfall not active disaster 2

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Emergency Declarations

Year Date Disaster Types Active Disaster Number
2008 09/10 Hurricane Ike active disaster 3294
2008 08/29 Hurricane Gustav active disaster 3290
2008 03/14 Wildfires active disaster 3284
2007 08/18 Hurricane Dean not active disaster 3277
2005 09/21 Hurricane Rita not active disaster 3261
2005 09/02 Hurricane Katrina not active disaster 3216
2003 02/01 Loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia not active disaster 3171
1999 09/01 Extreme Fire Hazards not active disaster 3142
1998 06/23 Severe Wildfire Potential not active disaster 3127
1996 02/23 Fire Emergency not active disaster 3117
1993 09/10 Extreme Fire Hazard not active disaster 3113

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Fire Management Assistance Declarations

Year Date Incident Disaster Number
2008 08/07 Florence Fire 2785
2008 06/16 Camp Bowie Fire 2774
2008 06/05 Hughes Ranch Fire 2768
2008 06/03 Rein Street Fire 2767
2008 05/01 Price Fire 2764
2008 04/16 Hebbronville Fire 2761
2008 04/10 Parker Fire 2759
2008 04/01 Kentwood Fire 2758
2008 03/27 Silver Heels Fire 2757
2008 03/20 Encino Fire 2755
2008 03/19 Burns Ranch Fire 2754
2008 03/14 322 Fire 2753
2008 03/14 Eighty-two Fire 2752
2008 03/14 Old Bastrop Highway Fire Complex 2751
2008 03/12 Arabella Fire 2750
2008 03/04 La Perla Fire 2749
2008 02/28 New Archer Fire 2748
2008 02/25 Silver Fire 2747
2008 02/25 South Odessa Fire 2745
2008 02/23 Scurry Complex Fire 2744
2008 02/13 Broadway Fire 2743
2008 02/08 Chevron Fire 2742
2006 11/15 Rim Rock Fire 2680
2006 09/14 Moore Road Fire 2675
2006 08/19 Caddo II Fire Complex 2667
2006 08/16 Purgatory Road Fire 2666
2006 06/27 North Trinity Fire 2651
2006 05/26 Lake Olympia Fire 2639
2006 02/05 Venus Fire Complex 2629
2006 01/19 Orchard Fire 2622
2006 01/19 Huntington Brook Fire 2621
2006 01/15 Caddo Fire 2620
2006 01/13 Lockhart Fire 2619
2006 01/11 Niederwald Fire 2617
2006 01/08 Hawkins Fire 2614
2006 01/07 Cedar Creek Fire 2612
2006 01/05 Mill Creek Fire 2611
2006 01/05 Rosewood Fire 2610
2006 01/05 Bulverde Fire 2609
2006 01/01 Ringgold Fire 2598
2006 01/01 Carbon Fire 2596
2005 12/28 Kennedale Fire 2593
2005 12/28 Callahan County Fire 2591

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