District of Columbia disaster history
County pages for District of Columbia, ordered by declaration count and backed by the FEMA datasets described in the brief.
Counties with the most declarations
These are the county pages most likely to match long-tail “county + disaster history” searches.
Latest county-level events
59TH PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
COVID-19
SNOWSTORM
HURRICANE SANDY
HURRICANE SANDY
SEVERE STORMS
EARTHQUAKE
HURRICANE IRENE
HURRICANE IRENE
SEVERE WINTER STORMS AND SNOWSTORMS
SEVERE WINTER STORM AND SNOWSTORM
56TH PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
HURRICANE KATRINA EVACUATION
HURRICANE ISABEL
SNOW
SEVERE STORMS, FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
SEVERE WINTER STORM
SEVERE WINTER ICE STORM
SEVERE SNOWFALL & WINTER STORM
SEVERE STORMS & HIGH WINDS
FEMA disaster context for District of Columbia
District of Columbia has 23 county-level FEMA disaster declarations spread across 1 counties. The most common declaration type is severe storm. Across all counties, FEMA datasets track $7.5M in combined public and individual assistance obligations.
Declaration counts reflect how often FEMA formally declared a disaster or emergency affecting a county — not the total number of natural events. A single hurricane can generate declarations across dozens of counties and multiple states. The county pages linked above show the per-county detail behind these state-level totals.