History of Declared Disasters

The number of federally declared disasters peaked in 2011.

SOURCE: FEMA's Disaster Declaration

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Original historical values from the 2019 project.

History of Declared Disasters
YearSeriesValue
1953Declared Disasters13
1954Declared Disasters17
1955Declared Disasters18
1956Declared Disasters16
1957Declared Disasters16
1958Declared Disasters7
1959Declared Disasters7
1960Declared Disasters12
1961Declared Disasters12
1962Declared Disasters22
1963Declared Disasters20
1964Declared Disasters25
1965Declared Disasters25
1966Declared Disasters11
1967Declared Disasters11
1968Declared Disasters19
1969Declared Disasters29
1970Declared Disasters17
1971Declared Disasters17
1972Declared Disasters48
1973Declared Disasters46
1974Declared Disasters46
1975Declared Disasters38
1976Declared Disasters30
1977Declared Disasters22
1978Declared Disasters25
1979Declared Disasters42
1980Declared Disasters23
1981Declared Disasters15
1982Declared Disasters24
1983Declared Disasters21
1984Declared Disasters34
1985Declared Disasters27
1986Declared Disasters28
1987Declared Disasters23
1988Declared Disasters11
1989Declared Disasters31
1990Declared Disasters38
1991Declared Disasters43
1992Declared Disasters45
1993Declared Disasters32
1994Declared Disasters36
1995Declared Disasters32
1996Declared Disasters75
1997Declared Disasters44
1998Declared Disasters65
1999Declared Disasters50
2000Declared Disasters45
2001Declared Disasters45
2002Declared Disasters49
2003Declared Disasters56
2004Declared Disasters68
2005Declared Disasters48
2006Declared Disasters52
2007Declared Disasters63
2008Declared Disasters75
2009Declared Disasters59
2010Declared Disasters81
2011Declared Disasters99
2012Declared Disasters47
2013Declared Disasters62
2014Declared Disasters45
2015Declared Disasters43
2016Declared Disasters46
2017Declared Disasters59
2018Declared Disasters59

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