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Washoe County, Nevada

County-level FEMA declaration history, assistance rollups, and flood insurance context for Washoe County.

Total declarations
48
1965 to 2025
Tracked FEMA aid
$39.7M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Fire
612 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-5602
Aug 2, 2025
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Federal spending

Public + individual assistance structure

Public assistance totals come from FEMA project-level obligations. Individual assistance totals prioritize the validated or intake totals without double counting both sources together.

Public assistance

Infrastructure repair, debris removal, emergency measures, and related project obligations.

Emergency Protective Measures$26.7M
Roads and Bridges$3.5M
Water Control Facilities$2.6M
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$1.9M
Debris Removal$1.5M
Utilities$586K
Buildings and Equipment$532K
Emergency Work Donated Resources$11K
Total PA obligated$37.3M

Individual assistance

Registrations, housing assistance, and other-needs dollars surfaced through the FEMA assistance datasets.

Tracked registrations612
IHP / household aid$2.4M
Housing assistance$0
Other needs assistance$2.4M
NFIP claims paid$0
Timeline

Every declaration on record for this county

Ordered newest to oldest so recent search intent is handled first, without losing the long historical tail.

FireAug 2025Washoe County

PEAVINE FIRE

FM-5602-NV · Aug 2, 2025 to Aug 4, 2025
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJun 2025Washoe County

MARIE FIRE

FM-5586-NV · Jun 10, 2025 to Jun 12, 2025
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireNov 2024Washoe County

CALLAHAN FIRE

FM-5546-NV · Nov 11, 2024 to Nov 13, 2024
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireSep 2024Washoe County

DAVIS FIRE

FM-5533-NV · Sep 7, 2024 to Sep 15, 2024
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireJun 2024Washoe County

SULLIVAN FIRE

FM-5495-NV · Jun 11, 2024 to Jun 12, 2024
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireJun 2024Washoe County

TRAIL FIRE

FM-5494-NV · Jun 11, 2024 to Jun 13, 2024
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireAug 2022Washoe County

JOY LAKE FIRE

FM-5448-NV · Aug 14, 2022 to Aug 15, 2022
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireNov 2020Washoe County

PINEHAVEN FIRE

FM-5382-NV · Nov 17, 2020 to Nov 18, 2020
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireAug 2020Washoe County

LOYALTON FIRE

FM-5328-NV · Aug 15, 2020 to Aug 26, 2020
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireAug 2020Washoe County

NORTH FIRE

FM-5326-NV · Aug 2, 2020 to Aug 6, 2020
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireJul 2020Washoe County

ROCKFARM FIRE

FM-5322-NV · Jul 21, 2020 to Jul 23, 2020
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalApr 2020Washoe County

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4523-NV · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$21.1MPA obligated
612Registrations
$2.4MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Washoe County

COVID-19

EM-3443-NV · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJul 2019Washoe County

JASPER FIRE

FM-5283-NV · Jul 13, 2019 to Jul 16, 2019
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireJul 2016Washoe County

ROCK FIRE

FM-5138-NV · Jul 29, 2016 to Jul 31, 2016
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJan 2012Washoe County

WASHOE FIRE

FM-2974-NV · Jan 19, 2012 to Jan 21, 2012
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireNov 2011Washoe County

CAUGHLIN FIRE

FM-2973-NV · Nov 18, 2011 to Nov 21, 2011
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJul 2009Washoe County

RED ROCK FIRE

FM-2822-NV · Jul 15, 2009 to Jul 20, 2009
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJul 2007Washoe County

HAWKEN FIRE

FM-2713-NV · Jul 16, 2007 to Jul 23, 2007
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJul 2007Washoe County

RED ROCK FIRE

FM-2704-NV · Jul 6, 2007 to Jul 8, 2007
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireAug 2006Washoe County

VERDI FIRE

FM-2664-NV · Aug 11, 2006 to Aug 14, 2006
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FireJun 2006Washoe County

OREGON FIRE

FM-2649-NV · Jun 26, 2006 to Jun 29, 2006
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
WinterFeb 2005Washoe County

SNOW

EM-3204-NV · Jan 6, 2005 to Jan 10, 2005
$1.4MPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Washoe County

Washoe County, Nevada has 48 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1965 to 2025. The dominant hazard type is fire, followed by severe storm. That is above the Nevada average of 12 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $39.7M, split between public infrastructure repair and individual household assistance.

Public assistance covers debris removal, emergency protective measures, and infrastructure repair managed through FEMA project obligations. Individual assistance includes housing aid, other-needs grants, and validated registrations reported through the IHP datasets. These figures reflect what FEMA's open datasets report — actual disbursements to individuals and local agencies may differ from the obligation totals shown here.