FEMA disaster declarations in Texas
Federal major disaster, emergency and fire management declarations for Texas since 1 Jan 2024, the counties and areas each one designates, and the requests FEMA turned down.
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Is Texas a federal disaster area?
The most recent federal declaration for Texas is FM-5677-TX, a fire management declaration made on 15 Sep 2026 for Hydra Fire that began 15 Sep 2026, covering 1 designated area.
FEMA has made 8 disaster declarations in Texas so far in 2026 (1 major disaster, 1 emergency, 6 fire management). Over the last 12 months, the median major disaster declaration came 51 days after the incident began and 46 days after the request (1 declaration). 0 requests were turned down in 2026.
Counties and areas designated in the last 12 months
42 areas named in at least one declaration since 19 Oct 2025, each with the newest declaration that names it. A designation applies to that declaration's incident period and programs only; FEMA's page for the declaration says what help is available.
| Armstrong County | FM-5619-TX · Fire management · 8 Ball Fire | 18 Feb 2026 | 1 |
| Atascosa County | EM-3649-TX · Emergency · Flooding | 18 Jul 2026 | 1 |
| Bandera County | DR-4935-TX · Major disaster · Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 Sep 2026 | 2 |
| Bexar County | EM-3649-TX · Emergency · Flooding | 18 Jul 2026 | 1 |
| Blanco County | EM-3649-TX · Emergency · Flooding | 18 Jul 2026 | 1 |
| Bosque County | FM-5677-TX · Fire management · Hydra Fire | 15 Sep 2026 | 1 |
| Brewster County | EM-3649-TX · Emergency · Flooding | 18 Jul 2026 | 1 |
| Comal County | EM-3649-TX · Emergency · Flooding | 18 Jul 2026 | 1 |
| Crockett County | DR-4935-TX · Major disaster · Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 Sep 2026 | 2 |
| Dimmit County | DR-4935-TX · Major disaster · Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 Sep 2026 | 2 |
| Donley County | FM-5625-TX · Fire management · Corner Pocket Fire | 15 Mar 2026 | 2 |
| Duval County | EM-3649-TX · Emergency · Flooding | 18 Jul 2026 | 1 |
| Edwards County | DR-4935-TX · Major disaster · Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 Sep 2026 | 2 |
| Frio County | DR-4935-TX · Major disaster · Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 Sep 2026 | 2 |
| Gillespie County | DR-4935-TX · Major disaster · Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 Sep 2026 | 2 |
| Grimes County | DR-4935-TX · Major disaster · Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 Sep 2026 | 1 |
| Jack County | FM-5675-TX · Fire management · Ross Fire | 25 Aug 2026 | 1 |
| Jim Wells County | EM-3649-TX · Emergency · Flooding | 18 Jul 2026 | 1 |
| Kendall County | DR-4935-TX · Major disaster · Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 Sep 2026 | 2 |
| Kerr County | DR-4935-TX · Major disaster · Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 Sep 2026 | 2 |
| Kimble County | DR-4935-TX · Major disaster · Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 Sep 2026 | 2 |
| Kinney County | DR-4935-TX · Major disaster · Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 Sep 2026 | 2 |
| La Salle County | DR-4935-TX · Major disaster · Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 Sep 2026 | 2 |
| Live Oak County | DR-4935-TX · Major disaster · Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 Sep 2026 | 2 |
| Mason County | DR-4935-TX · Major disaster · Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 Sep 2026 | 2 |
| Maverick County | DR-4935-TX · Major disaster · Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 Sep 2026 | 2 |
| McMullen County | DR-4935-TX · Major disaster · Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 Sep 2026 | 1 |
| Medina County | EM-3649-TX · Emergency · Flooding | 18 Jul 2026 | 1 |
| Menard County | DR-4935-TX · Major disaster · Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 Sep 2026 | 2 |
| Palo Pinto County | FM-5675-TX · Fire management · Ross Fire | 25 Aug 2026 | 1 |
| Pecos County | EM-3649-TX · Emergency · Flooding | 18 Jul 2026 | 1 |
| Potter County | FM-5634-TX · Fire management · Stinky Fire | 18 May 2026 | 1 |
| Randall County | FM-5633-TX · Fire management · Hunggate Fire | 14 May 2026 | 1 |
| Real County | DR-4935-TX · Major disaster · Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 Sep 2026 | 2 |
| Schleicher County | DR-4935-TX · Major disaster · Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 Sep 2026 | 2 |
| Sutton County | DR-4935-TX · Major disaster · Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 Sep 2026 | 2 |
| Terrell County | EM-3649-TX · Emergency · Flooding | 18 Jul 2026 | 1 |
| Uvalde County | DR-4935-TX · Major disaster · Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 Sep 2026 | 2 |
| Val Verde County | DR-4935-TX · Major disaster · Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 Sep 2026 | 2 |
| Webb County | EM-3649-TX · Emergency · Flooding | 18 Jul 2026 | 1 |
| Wilson County | EM-3649-TX · Emergency · Flooding | 18 Jul 2026 | 1 |
| Zavala County | DR-4935-TX · Major disaster · Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 Sep 2026 | 2 |
All declarations since 1 Jan 2024
20 declarations, newest first. Select a column heading to sort.
| 15 Sep 2026 | FM-5677-TX | Fire management | Fire Hydra Fire |
15 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | PA | No | — | Bosque County |
| 1 Sep 2026 | DR-4935-TX | Major disaster | Flood Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding |
12 Jul 2026 | 51 | 46 | PA | No | — |
23 areasBandera County, Crockett County, Dimmit County, Edwards County, Frio County, Gillespie County, Grimes County, Kendall County, Kerr County, Kimble County, Kinney County, La Salle County, Live Oak County, Mason County, Maverick County, McMullen County, Menard County, Real County, Schleicher County, Sutton County, Uvalde County, Val Verde County, Zavala County |
| 25 Aug 2026 | FM-5675-TX | Fire management | Fire Ross Fire |
24 Aug 2026 | 1 | 1 | PA | No | — | Jack County, Palo Pinto County |
| 18 Jul 2026 | EM-3649-TX | Emergency | Flood Flooding |
12 Jul 2026 | 6 | 1 | PA | No | — |
33 areasAtascosa County, Bandera County, Bexar County, Blanco County, Brewster County, Comal County, Crockett County, Dimmit County, Duval County, Edwards County, Frio County, Gillespie County, Jim Wells County, Kendall County, Kerr County, Kimble County, Kinney County, La Salle County, Live Oak County, Mason County, Maverick County, Medina County, Menard County, Pecos County, Real County, Schleicher County, Sutton County, Terrell County, Uvalde County, Val Verde County, Webb County, Wilson County, Zavala County |
| 18 May 2026 | FM-5634-TX | Fire management | Fire Stinky Fire |
18 May 2026 | 0 | 0 | PA | No | — | Potter County |
| 14 May 2026 | FM-5633-TX | Fire management | Fire Hunggate Fire |
14 May 2026 | 0 | 0 | PA | No | — | Randall County |
| 15 Mar 2026 | FM-5625-TX | Fire management | Fire Corner Pocket Fire |
15 Mar 2026 | 0 | 0 | PA | No | — | Donley County |
| 18 Feb 2026 | FM-5619-TX | Fire management | Fire 8 Ball Fire |
17 Feb 2026 | 1 | 1 | PA | No | — | Armstrong County, Donley County |
| 6 Jul 2025 | DR-4879-TX | Major disaster | Flood Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding |
2 Jul 2025 | 4 | 1 | IH, PA | Yes | 4 Sep 2025 estimate · passed unless extended |
23 areasBurnet County, Coke County, Concho County, Edwards County, Guadalupe County, Hamilton County, Kendall County, Kerr County, Kimble County, Lampasas County, Llano County, Mason County, McCulloch County, Menard County, Real County, Reeves County, San Saba County, Schleicher County, Sutton County, Tom Green County, Travis County, Uvalde County, Williamson County |
| 21 May 2025 | DR-4871-TX | Major disaster | Flood Severe Storms and Flooding |
26 Mar 2025 | 56 | 34 | IH | Yes | 20 Jul 2025 estimate · passed unless extended |
Cameron County, Hidalgo County, Starr County, Willacy County |
| 20 Mar 2025 | FM-5573-TX | Fire management | Fire Pauline Road Fire |
19 Mar 2025 | 1 | 1 | PA, HM | No | — | Montgomery County, San Jacinto County |
| 18 Mar 2025 | FM-5571-TX | Fire management | Fire Double S Fire |
18 Mar 2025 | 0 | 0 | PA, HM | No | — | Hutchinson County |
| 15 Mar 2025 | FM-5570-TX | Fire management | Fire Crabapple Fire |
15 Mar 2025 | 0 | 0 | PA, HM | No | — | Gillespie County |
| 14 Mar 2025 | FM-5555-TX | Fire management | Fire Rest Area Fire |
14 Mar 2025 | 0 | 0 | PA, HM | No | — | Donley County, Gray County |
| 5 Mar 2025 | FM-5553-TX | Fire management | Fire Duke Fire |
4 Mar 2025 | 1 | 1 | PA, HM | No | — | Atascosa County, Bexar County |
| 4 Mar 2025 | FM-5552-TX | Fire management | Fire Welder Fire |
4 Mar 2025 | 0 | 0 | PA, HM | No | — | San Patricio County |
| 9 Jul 2024 | DR-4798-TX | Major disaster | Hurricane Hurricane Beryl |
5 Jul 2024 | 4 | 0 | IH, PA, HM | Yes | 7 Sep 2024 estimate · passed unless extended |
67 areasAnderson County, Angelina County, Aransas County, Austin County, Bowie County, Brazoria County, Brazos County, Burleson County, Calhoun County, Cameron County, Camp County, Cass County, Chambers County, Cherokee County, Colorado County, DeWitt County, Fayette County, Fort Bend County, Freestone County, Galveston County, Goliad County, Gregg County, Grimes County, Hardin County, Harris County, Harrison County, Hidalgo County, Houston County, Jackson County, Jasper County, Jefferson County, Kenedy County, Kleberg County, Lavaca County, Lee County, Leon County, Liberty County, Madison County, Marion County, Matagorda County, Milam County, Montgomery County, Morris County, Nacogdoches County, Newton County, Nueces County, Orange County, Panola County, Polk County, Refugio County, Robertson County, Rusk County, Sabine County, San Augustine County, San Jacinto County, San Patricio County, Shelby County, Trinity County, Tyler County, Upshur County, Victoria County, Walker County, Waller County, Washington County, Webb County, Wharton County, Willacy County |
| 17 May 2024 | DR-4781-TX | Major disaster | Flood Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding |
26 Apr 2024 | 21 | 2 | IH, PA, HM | Yes | 16 Jul 2024 estimate · passed unless extended |
83 areasAnderson County, Austin County, Bailey County, Baylor County, Bell County, Blanco County, Bosque County, Bowie County, Brown County, Caldwell County, Calhoun County, Cass County, Cherokee County, Clay County, Cochran County, Coke County, Coleman County, Collin County, Concho County, Cooke County, Coryell County, Dallas County, Delta County, Denton County, Eastland County, Ellis County, Falls County, Fannin County, Freestone County, Gonzales County, Grimes County, Guadalupe County, Hamilton County, Hardin County, Harris County, Hays County, Henderson County, Hill County, Hockley County, Hopkins County, Houston County, Jasper County, Jones County, Kaufman County, Lamar County, Lampasas County, Lee County, Leon County, Liberty County, Limestone County, Lynn County, Madison County, McCulloch County, Milam County, Mills County, Montague County, Montgomery County, Morris County, Nacogdoches County, Navarro County, Newton County, Panola County, Polk County, Rains County, Red River County, Robertson County, Rockwall County, Rusk County, Sabine County, San Augustine County, San Jacinto County, San Saba County, Shelby County, Smith County, Sterling County, Terrell County, Titus County, Trinity County, Tyler County, Van Zandt County, Walker County, Waller County, Washington County |
| 27 Feb 2024 | FM-5488-TX | Fire management | Fire Smokehouse Creek Fire |
27 Feb 2024 | 0 | 0 | PA, HM | No | — | Hemphill County, Hutchinson County, Roberts County |
| 27 Feb 2024 | FM-5487-TX | Fire management | Fire Windy Deuce Fire |
27 Feb 2024 | 0 | 0 | PA, HM | No | — | Moore County |
Requests FEMA turned down
OpenFEMA lists no turned-down declaration requests from Texas since 1 Jan 2024. Requests still under review are not published, so this does not mean none are waiting.
How to read these tables
- Major disaster (DR) and emergency (EM) declarations are made by the President; fire management (FM) declarations are approved by FEMA.
- Days to declaration counts from the first day of the incident period FEMA recorded to the declaration date. Days from request counts from the date of the governor's or tribal leader's request. Both are calculated here from FEMA's dates.
- Designated areas are the counties, parishes, boroughs, tribal areas and other places FEMA lists for the declaration, including any added later. A designation may cover only some of the programs.
- Programs: IH = Individuals and Households Program, IA = Individual Assistance, PA = Public Assistance, HM = Hazard Mitigation — included in at least one designated area.
- Individual assistance is Yes when the declaration opens the Individuals and Households Program (help people register for) in at least one designated area.
- Apply by (estimate) is FEMA's standard registration period for individual assistance after a major disaster: 60 days from the declaration date (44 CFR 206.112), calculated here. It is an estimate: FEMA often extends deadlines, and DisasterAssistance.gov has the official date. Emergency and fire management declarations have no date here. Open deadlines, soonest first.
- Pending requests are not published in OpenFEMA. Only declarations that were made and requests that were turned down appear, so a request still under review is on neither list.
Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), OpenFEMA Dataset: Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2 and Declaration Denials - v1, retrieved 19 Oct 2026, 20:14 UTC from https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries and https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/DeclarationDenials. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Questions
Is there a FEMA disaster declaration for Texas in 2026?
Yes. FEMA has made 8 disaster declarations for Texas so far in 2026. The most recent federal declaration for Texas is FM-5677-TX, a fire management declaration made on 15 Sep 2026 for Hydra Fire that began 15 Sep 2026, covering 1 designated area.
Which Texas counties are federal disaster areas?
42 areas in Texas were named in a FEMA declaration in the last 12 months, including Armstrong County, Atascosa County, Bandera County, Bexar County, Blanco County, Bosque County. The full list is on this page, each with the declaration that names it. A designation covers that declaration's incident period and programs only.
Has FEMA turned down a disaster request from Texas?
OpenFEMA lists no turned-down declaration requests from Texas since 1 Jan 2024. Requests still under review are not published.
How long do FEMA declarations take in Texas?
Across 5 major disaster declarations for Texas since 1 Jan 2024, the median time from the start of the incident to the declaration was 21 days.
What is the deadline to apply for FEMA assistance in Texas?
No major disaster declaration for Texas with individual assistance has an estimated deadline still open. For individual assistance after a major disaster, FEMA's standard registration period is 60 days from the date the President declares the disaster (44 CFR 206.112). FEMA often extends it, and the extension is announced for that disaster only. The "apply by" dates on this site are that standard 60 days counted from the declaration date, so they are estimates; the official deadline for each disaster is on DisasterAssistance.gov and on the disaster's page at fema.gov. You can apply at DisasterAssistance.gov, in the FEMA app, or by calling 800-621-3362.
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