Every federal disaster in Santa Rosa since 1954

Each square is a disaster or emergency declaration by the President or FEMA that covered Sonoma County. Declarations make federal aid available after hurricanes, floods, storms, fires and other events, so this is a record of the big ones.

Declarations: 61since 1954
Major disasters: 48the most serious kind
Since 2000: 38declarations
Most recent: 2024Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe storms and tornadoes (18)Floods (17)Fires (14)Hurricanes and tropical storms (4)Other (3)Winter storms (2)Biological (COVID-19) (2)Earthquakes and landslides (1)

FEMA's National Risk Index rates Sonoma County's overall natural hazard risk relatively high, led by wildfire, inland flooding and earthquake. The history above shows what has actually happened; the risk index estimates what is likely.

All declarations

Declared	Event	Type	FEMA number
Apr 19, 2024	Severe Storms and Flooding	Major disaster	DR-4772
Apr 19, 2024	Severe Winter Storm	Major disaster	DR-4773
Oct 18, 2023	Tropical Storm Hilary	Major disaster	DR-4746
Sep 27, 2023	Tropical Storm Hilary	Major disaster	DR-4743
May 25, 2023	Severe Storm and Flooding	Major disaster	DR-4714
May 18, 2023	Severe Winter Storm and Flooding	Major disaster	DR-4713
Apr 25, 2023	Severe Winter Storms and Mudslides	Major disaster	DR-4707
Apr 3, 2023	Severe Winter Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides	Major disaster	DR-4699
Mar 10, 2023	Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides	Emergency	EM-3592
Mar 8, 2023	Earthquake	Major disaster	DR-4692
Jan 14, 2023	Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides	Major disaster	DR-4683
Jan 9, 2023	Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides	Emergency	EM-3591
Oct 16, 2020	Wildfires	Major disaster	DR-4569
Sep 27, 2020	Glass Fire	Fire management	FM-5376
Aug 22, 2020	Wildfires	Major disaster	DR-4558
Aug 18, 2020	Lnu Lightning Fire Complex	Fire management	FM-5331
Mar 22, 2020	COVID-19 Pandemic	Major disaster	DR-4482
Mar 13, 2020	COVID-19	Emergency	EM-3428
Oct 24, 2019	Kincade Fire	Fire management	FM-5295
May 17, 2019	Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides	Major disaster	DR-4434
Apr 8, 2019	Severe Storms and Flooding	Major disaster	DR-4425
Mar 28, 2019	Severe Storms and Flooding	Major disaster	DR-4423
Mar 26, 2019	Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides	Major disaster	DR-4422
Oct 10, 2017	Wildfires	Major disaster	DR-4344
Oct 9, 2017	Tubbs Fire	Fire management	FM-5215
Oct 9, 2017	Partrick Fire	Fire management	FM-5222
Oct 9, 2017	Nuns Fire	Fire management	FM-5220
May 2, 2017	Flooding	Major disaster	DR-4312
Apr 1, 2017	Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides	Major disaster	DR-4308
Feb 14, 2017	Severe Winter Storm	Major disaster	DR-4302
Feb 14, 2017	Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides	Major disaster	DR-4301
Sep 13, 2015	Valley Fire	Fire management	FM-5112
Jan 27, 2015	Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides	Major disaster	DR-4206
Aug 29, 2013	Wildfire	Major disaster	DR-4142
Jun 5, 2006	Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides	Major disaster	DR-1646
Feb 3, 2006	Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides	Major disaster	DR-1628
Sep 13, 2005	Hurricane Katrina Evacuation	Emergency	EM-3248
Sep 4, 2004	Ca-Geysers Fire-09-04-2004	Fire management	FM-2554
Feb 9, 1998	Severe Winter Storms and Flooding	Major disaster	DR-1203
Jan 4, 1997	Severe Storms, Flooding, Mud and Landslides	Major disaster	DR-1155
Mar 12, 1995	Severe Winter Storms, Flooding Landslides, Mud Flow	Major disaster	DR-1046
Jan 10, 1995	Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, Mud Flows	Major disaster	DR-1044
Sep 13, 1994	The El Nino (the Salmon Industry)	Major disaster	DR-1038
Feb 3, 1993	Severe Winter Storm, Mud & Land Slides, & Flooding	Major disaster	DR-979
Feb 11, 1991	Severe Freeze	Major disaster	DR-894
Feb 21, 1986	Severe Storms & Flooding	Major disaster	DR-758
Feb 9, 1983	Coastal Storms, Floods, Slides & Tornadoes	Major disaster	DR-677
Jan 7, 1982	Severe Storms, Flood, Mudslides & High Tide	Major disaster	DR-651
Jan 20, 1977	Drought	Emergency	EM-3023
Jan 26, 1969	Severe Storms & Flooding	Major disaster	DR-253
Dec 24, 1964	Heavy Rains & Flooding	Major disaster	DR-183
Apr 1, 1964	Seismic Sea Wave	Major disaster	DR-169
Dec 21, 1963	Flood Due to Broken Dam	Major disaster	DR-161
Feb 25, 1963	Severe Storms, Heavy Rains & Flooding	Major disaster	DR-145
Oct 24, 1962	Severe Storms & Flooding	Major disaster	DR-138
Mar 6, 1962	Floods	Major disaster	DR-122
Nov 16, 1961	Fire (Los Angeles County)	Major disaster	DR-119
Apr 4, 1958	Heavy Rainstorms & Flood	Major disaster	DR-82
Dec 29, 1956	Forest Fire	Major disaster	DR-65
Dec 23, 1955	Flood	Major disaster	DR-47
Feb 5, 1954	Flood & Erosion	Major disaster	DR-15

Frequently asked questions

How many federal disasters has Santa Rosa had?

Since 1954, the federal government has issued 61 disaster or emergency declarations covering Sonoma County, including 48 major disaster declarations. 38 of them came in 2000 or later.

What was the most recent federal disaster in Santa Rosa?

Severe Storms and Flooding (Major disaster, declared April 19, 2024).

What kinds of disasters hit Santa Rosa most often?

By FEMA incident type: severe storm (18), flood (16), fire (14) and hurricane (2).

New to Santa Rosa? The city profile covers flood maps and emergency alerts, and the risk summary shows FEMA's hazard ratings.

Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), downloaded October 18, 2026. We list declarations that named Sonoma County, plus early statewide declarations from before FEMA designated individual counties. "Major disaster" declarations bring the widest federal aid; "emergency" declarations cover shorter-term help; "fire management" declarations help pay to fight large wildfires.