Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, and Wildfires
Declared for Kansas on May 21, 2025, covering 28 designated areas. Households could apply to FEMA in 0 of them.
How this declaration unfolded
The incident period is the official window of the disaster. Damage generally has to fall inside it to qualify for FEMA help, and FEMA sometimes extends it, or adds counties and programs, as damage assessments come in.
What a major disaster declaration is
A major disaster declaration is the President's broadest disaster declaration. It is the only kind that can switch on the full set of FEMA programs, including help for individual households, rebuilding of public facilities and hazard mitigation. Which of those programs apply is decided area by area.
Which programs each area got
IA means households could apply to FEMA. PA reimburses local governments. HM funds mitigation projects.
| Area | Programs | Households could apply until |
|---|---|---|
| Barton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Chautauqua County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Edwards County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Elk County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Ellis County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Gove County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Graham County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Gray County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Greeley County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Hodgeman County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Jewell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Lincoln County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Logan County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Ness County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Norton County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Osborne County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Pawnee County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Phillips County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Rice County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Rooks County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Rush County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Russell County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Sheridan County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Sherman County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Smith County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Stafford County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Wallace County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
| Woodson County | IA not declaredPA declaredHM not declared | — |
More from Kansas: every FEMA declaration in Kansas.