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Washington disaster history

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

Declarations
944
County declaration rows
Counties affected
39
State pages with county rollups
Tracked FEMA aid
$3.6B
PA + assistance signals
Top incident
Coastal Storm
Dec 12, 2025
County directory

Counties with the most declarations

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

Chelan County51 declarationsOkanogan County39 declarationsLewis County36 declarationsSnohomish County36 declarationsYakima County35 declarationsGrays Harbor County34 declarationsKing County34 declarationsWahkiakum County32 declarationsMason County31 declarationsClallam County29 declarationsJefferson County29 declarationsThurston County29 declarationsKittitas County28 declarationsKlickitat County28 declarationsSkagit County28 declarationsSkamania County28 declarationsSpokane County28 declarationsPacific County26 declarationsWhatcom County26 declarationsPierce County25 declarationsCowlitz County22 declarationsFerry County22 declarationsIsland County21 declarationsStevens County21 declarationsBenton County20 declarationsPend Oreille County20 declarationsDouglas County19 declarationsWhitman County18 declarationsLincoln County17 declarationsClark County16 declarationsColumbia County16 declarationsKitsap County16 declarationsGarfield County14 declarationsWalla Walla County13 declarationsAsotin County12 declarationsGrant County12 declarationsSan Juan County12 declarationsFranklin County11 declarationsAdams County10 declarations
Recent declarations

Latest county-level events

FireJul 2024Yakima County

RETREAT FIRE

FM-5521-WA · Jul 25, 2024 to Aug 23, 2024
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FireJul 2024Ferry County

SWAWILLA FIRE

FM-5518-WA · Jul 17, 2024 to Jul 21, 2024
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
About this state

FEMA disaster context for Washington

Washington has 944 county-level FEMA disaster declarations spread across 39 counties. The most common declaration type is coastal storm. Across all counties, FEMA datasets track $3.6B in combined public and individual assistance obligations.

The counties with the heaviest disaster history are Chelan County (51 declarations), Okanogan County (39), and Lewis County (36). 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.