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Hawaii disaster history

County pages for Hawaii, ordered by declaration count and backed by the FEMA datasets described in the brief.

Declarations
99
County declaration rows
Counties affected
5
State pages with county rollups
Tracked FEMA aid
$751.8M
PA + assistance signals
Top incident
Fire
Sep 23, 2025
County directory

Counties with the most declarations

These are the county pages most likely to match long-tail “county + disaster history” searches.

Hawaii County29 declarationsMaui County29 declarationsHonolulu County22 declarationsKauai County17 declarationsKalawao County2 declarations
Recent declarations

Latest county-level events

FireAug 2023Maui County

LAHAINA FIRE

FM-5475-HI · Aug 9, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireAug 2023Maui County

PULEHU FIRE

FM-5477-HI · Aug 9, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireAug 2021Hawaii County

MANA ROAD FIRE

FM-5404-HI · Aug 1, 2021 to Aug 3, 2021
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneJul 2020Maui County

HURRICANE DOUGLAS

EM-3529-HI · Jul 23, 2020 to Jul 27, 2020
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
BiologicalApr 2020Hawaii County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4510-HI · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$12.2MPA obligated
79Registrations
$185KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalApr 2020Kauai County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4510-HI · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$740KPA obligated
17Registrations
$80KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalApr 2020Maui County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4510-HI · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$5.8MPA obligated
84Registrations
$354KHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
About this state

FEMA disaster context for Hawaii

Hawaii has 99 county-level FEMA disaster declarations spread across 5 counties. The most common declaration type is fire. Across all counties, FEMA datasets track $751.8M in combined public and individual assistance obligations.

The counties with the heaviest disaster history are Hawaii County (29 declarations), Maui County (29), and Honolulu County (22). Each county page breaks down the timeline, hazard mix, spending categories, and flood insurance signals for that specific area.

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.