By hazard
Links open the declarations for that hazard in Colorado where there are five or more.
Counties named most often
| County | Declarations | Population 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Larimer County | 30 | 374,574 |
| El Paso County | 20 | 752,772 |
| Pueblo County | 20 | 169,866 |
| Boulder County | 19 | 330,262 |
| Weld County | 16 | 369,745 |
| Fremont County | 15 | 50,093 |
| Jefferson County | 15 | 578,533 |
| Custer County | 14 | 5,553 |
| Douglas County | 13 | 393,995 |
| Elbert County | 13 | 29,382 |
| Las Animas County | 13 | 14,518 |
| Teller County | 13 | 24,862 |
| Washington County | 13 | 4,771 |
| Adams County | 12 | 542,973 |
| Arapahoe County | 12 | 666,918 |
All declarations
112 declarations
| Declared | Number | Title | Hazard | Areas | Programs | Federal aid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1955 | DR-33-CO | Flood | Flood | statewide | IAPAHM | — |
| Jun 12, 1956 | DR-59-CO | Flood | Flood | statewide | IAPAHM | — |
| Jun 19, 1965 | DR-200-CO | Tornadoes, Severe Storms & Flooding | Tornado | 27 | IAPA | — |
| May 19, 1969 | DR-261-CO | Severe Storms & Flooding | Flood | 15 | IAPA | — |
| Sep 22, 1970 | DR-293-CO | Heavy Rains & Flooding | Flood | 16 | IAPA | — |
| May 8, 1973 | DR-379-CO | Dam Failure | Dam/Levee Break | 1 | PA | — |
| May 23, 1973 | DR-385-CO | Heavy Rains, Snowmelt and Flooding | Flood | 16 | IAPA | — |
| Jul 6, 1973 | DR-396-CO | Flooding & Landslides | Flood | 16 | PA | — |
| Aug 2, 1976 | DR-517-CO | Severe Storms & Flash Flooding | Flood | 4 | IAPA | — |
| Jul 22, 1982 | DR-665-CO | Flash Flood Due to Dam Failure | Flood | 1 | IAPA | — |
| Jul 27, 1984 | DR-719-CO | Severe Storms, Mudslides, Landslides & Flooding | Flood | 15 | PA | — |
| Aug 1, 1997 | DR-1186-CO | Severe Storms, Heavy Rain, Flash Floods, Flooding, Mudslides | Flood | 13 | IAPA | — |
| May 17, 1999 | DR-1276-CO | Co-Flooding 4/30/99 | Severe Storm | 12 | IAPA | $6.4 million |
| May 17, 2001 | DR-1374-CO | Severe Winter Storms | Severe Storm | 14 | PAHM | $5.1 million |
| Jun 19, 2002 | DR-1421-CO | Wildfires | Fire | 58 | IAHM | $55,096 |
| May 26, 2008 | DR-1762-CO | Severe Storms and Tornadoes | Severe Storm | 2 | IHPHM | $602,386 |
| Sep 12, 1978 | FM-2031-CO | Deer Creek Canyon Fire | Fire | statewide | PA | — |
| Jun 15, 1980 | FM-2040-CO | Bear Trap Fire | Fire | statewide | PA | — |
| Jul 10, 1989 | FM-2072-CO | Sunnyside Fire | Fire | statewide | PA | — |
| Nov 24, 1990 | FM-2077-CO | Old Stage Fire | Fire | statewide | PA | — |
| Jul 5, 1994 | FM-2098-CO | Wake Complex Fire | Fire | statewide | PA | — |
| Jul 6, 1994 | FM-2099-CO | South Canyon Fire | Fire | statewide | PA | — |
| Jul 12, 1994 | FM-2102-CO | Rosborough Complex Fire | Fire | statewide | PA | — |
| May 19, 1996 | FM-2178-CO | Buffalo Creek Fire | Fire | statewide | PA | — |
| Jun 12, 2000 | FM-2308-CO | Bobcat Gulch Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | $1.1 million |
| Jun 12, 2000 | FM-2309-CO | High Meadows Fire | Fire | 2 | PA | $3.2 million |
| Sep 16, 2000 | FM-2338-CO | Co - Eldorado Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | $1.4 million |
| Nov 1, 2001 | FM-2383-CO | Co - Armageddon Fire - 11/01/01 | Fire | 1 | PA | — |
| Apr 23, 2002 | FM-2399-CO | Co - Snaking Fire - 4/23/2002 | Fire | 1 | PA | $609,049 |
| May 1, 2002 | FM-2401-CO | Cuerno Verde Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | $343,462 |
| May 5, 2002 | FM-2403-CO | Black Mountain Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | $314,629 |
| May 23, 2002 | FM-2407-CO | Co - Schoonover Fire - 05/23/02 | Fire | 1 | PA | $516,631 |
| Jun 2, 2002 | FM-2410-CO | Iron Mountain Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | $1.3 million |
| Jun 3, 2002 | FM-2412-CO | Co - Spring Fire - 06/03/02 | Fire | 1 | PA | $1.9 million |
| Jun 3, 2002 | FM-2413-CO | Co - James John / Fisher - 06/03/02 | Fire | 1 | PA | — |
| Jun 7, 2002 | FM-2418-CO | Ute Pass Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | $68,956 |
| Jun 8, 2002 | FM-2419-CO | Coal Seam Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | $1.4 million |
| Jun 9, 2002 | FM-2421-CO | Co - Haymen Fire - 06/09/02 | Fire | statewide | PA | $5.6 million |
| Jun 10, 2002 | FM-2422-CO | Co - Dierich Fire - 06/10/02 | Fire | 1 | PA | $187,811 |
| Jun 11, 2002 | FM-2423-CO | Missionary Ridge Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | $3.5 million |
| Jun 19, 2002 | FM-2428-CO | Million Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | $974,428 |
| Jun 23, 2002 | FM-2431-CO | Co-Wiley Ridge Fire-06/23/02 | Fire | 1 | PA | $11,115 |
| Jun 25, 2002 | FM-2432-CO | Valley Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | $293,915 |
| Jul 15, 2002 | FM-2442-CO | Co - Burn Canyon Fire - 07/15/02 | Fire | 2 | PA | $993,470 |
| Jul 18, 2002 | FM-2447-CO | Big Elk Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | $373,067 |
| Jul 31, 2002 | FM-2457-CO | Co - Panorama Fire - 07/31/02 | Fire | 2 | PA | $72,028 |
| Jul 25, 2003 | FM-2486-CO | Co-Cloudy Pass Fire-07/25/2003 | Fire | 1 | PA | $62,354 |
| Oct 29, 2003 | FM-2509-CO | Co - Overland Wildfire - 10/29/2003 | Fire | 1 | PA | — |
| Oct 29, 2003 | FM-2510-CO | Co - Cherokee Ranch Wildfire - 10/29/2003 | Fire | 1 | PA | $59,933 |
| Nov 12, 2003 | FM-2511-CO | Co - Buckhorn Creek Fire - 11/11/2003 | Fire | 1 | PA | $68,453 |
| Apr 1, 2004 | FM-2514-CO | Co - Picnic Rock Fire - 03/30/2004 | Fire | 1 | PA | $519,746 |
| Jul 3, 2004 | FM-2526-CO | Co-McGruder Fire-07/03/2004 | Fire | 1 | PA | $268,180 |
| Jul 10, 2005 | FM-2566-CO | Mason Fire | Fire | 2 | PA | $1.1 million |
| Jan 8, 2006 | FM-2613-CO | Mauricio Canyon Fire | Fire | 2 | PA | $86,788 |
| Jun 19, 2006 | FM-2646-CO | Malo Vega Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | $2.5 million |
| Sep 1, 2006 | FM-2672-CO | Red Apple Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | $239,091 |
| Jun 19, 2007 | FM-2698-CO | Newcastle Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | $472,379 |
| Apr 15, 2008 | FM-2760-CO | Ordway Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | — |
| Jun 27, 2008 | FM-2778-CO | Nash Ranch Fire | Fire | 2 | PA | $595,259 |
| Jan 7, 2009 | FM-2793-CO | Olde Stage Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | — |
| Sep 6, 2010 | FM-2855-CO | Four Mile Canyon Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | $4.1 million |
| Sep 12, 2010 | FM-2857-CO | Reservoir Road Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | $1.9 million |
| Mar 21, 2011 | FM-2873-CO | Indian Gulch Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | $1.3 million |
| Apr 3, 2011 | FM-2877-CO | Crystal Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | $951,915 |
| Jun 16, 2011 | FM-2923-CO | Duckett Fire | Fire | 2 | PA | $987,749 |
| Mar 26, 2012 | FM-2975-CO | Lower North Fork Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | — |
| Jun 9, 2012 | FM-2980-CO | High Park Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | $13.2 million |
| Jun 24, 2012 | FM-2984-CO | Waldo Canyon Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | $5.7 million |
| Jun 24, 2012 | FM-2985-CO | Weber Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | $505,446 |
| Jan 29, 1977 | EM-3025-CO | Drought | Drought | 42 | PA | — |
| Apr 9, 2003 | EM-3185-CO | Snow | Snowstorm | 29 | PA | $6.1 million |
| Sep 5, 2005 | EM-3224-CO | Hurricane Katrina Evacuation | Coastal Storm | 64 | PA | $13.2 million |
| Jan 7, 2007 | EM-3270-CO | Snow | Snowstorm | 16 | PA | $8.6 million |
| Jan 7, 2007 | EM-3271-CO | Snow | Snowstorm | 10 | PA | $1.3 million |
| Sep 12, 2013 | EM-3365-CO | Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides | Flood | 15 | PA | — |
| Mar 13, 2020 | EM-3436-CO | COVID-19 | Biological | 64 | PA | — |
| Jun 28, 2012 | DR-4067-CO | High Park and Waldo Canyon Wildfires | Fire | 3 | IHPPAHM | $4.5 million |
| Jul 26, 2013 | DR-4133-CO | Royal Gorge Fire | Fire | 1 | IHPPAHM | $194,473 |
| Jul 26, 2013 | DR-4134-CO | Black Forest Wildfire | Fire | 1 | IHPPAHM | $7.4 million |
| Sep 14, 2013 | DR-4145-CO | Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides | Flood | 18 | IHPPAHM | $491.7 million |
| Jul 16, 2015 | DR-4229-CO | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides | Flood | 15 | PAHM | $26.8 million |
| Mar 28, 2020 | DR-4498-CO | COVID-19 Pandemic | Biological | 64 | IHPPAHM | $1.90 billion |
| Jan 15, 2021 | DR-4581-CO | Wildfires | Fire | 2 | PAHM | $44.5 million |
| Dec 31, 2021 | DR-4634-CO | Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds | Fire | 1 | IHPPAHM | $58.5 million |
| Aug 25, 2023 | DR-4731-CO | Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes | Flood | 14 | PAHM | $24.9 million |
| Sep 1, 2026 | DR-4944-CO | Wildfires, Flooding, and Mudslides | Fire | 4 | PA | $784,070 |
| Oct 23, 2012 | FM-5022-CO | Wetmore Fire | Fire | 2 | PA | $637,374 |
| Jun 11, 2013 | FM-5027-CO | Black Forest Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | $6.1 million |
| Jun 11, 2013 | FM-5028-CO | Royal Gorge Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | $1.2 million |
| Jun 21, 2013 | FM-5030-CO | East Peak Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | $3.7 million |
| Jun 21, 2013 | FM-5031-CO | West Fork Fire Complex | Fire | 2 | PA | $7.9 million |
| Jul 10, 2016 | FM-5133-CO | Cold Springs Fire | Fire | statewide | PA | $2.2 million |
| Oct 4, 2016 | FM-5155-CO | Beulah Hill Fire | Fire | 1 | PAHM | $1.5 million |
| Oct 17, 2016 | FM-5157-CO | Junkins Fire | Fire | 2 | PAHM | $3.9 million |
| Jun 28, 2018 | FM-5246-CO | Spring Creek Fire | Fire | 2 | PAHM | $16.3 million |
| Jun 30, 2018 | FM-5247-CO | Chateau Fire | Fire | 1 | PAHM | $1.9 million |
| Jul 4, 2018 | FM-5249-CO | Lake Christine Fire | Fire | 1 | PAHM | $2.3 million |
| Aug 19, 2020 | FM-5334-CO | Grizzly Creek Fire | Fire | 2 | PAHM | $833,013 |
| Aug 19, 2020 | FM-5335-CO | Pine Gulch Fire | Fire | 2 | PAHM | $1.2 million |
| Sep 6, 2020 | FM-5349-CO | Cameron Peak Fire | Fire | 1 | PAHM | — |
| Oct 17, 2020 | FM-5378-CO | East Troublesome Fire | Fire | 1 | PAHM | $1.7 million |
| Oct 17, 2020 | FM-5379-CO | Calwood Fire | Fire | 1 | PAHM | $1.5 million |
| Dec 30, 2021 | FM-5423-CO | Marshall Fire | Fire | 1 | PAHM | $988,980 |
| Jul 31, 2024 | FM-5524-CO | Alexander Mountain Fire | Fire | 1 | PAHM | $1.4 million |
| Jul 31, 2024 | FM-5525-CO | Stone Mountain Fire | Fire | 2 | PAHM | — |
| Aug 1, 2024 | FM-5526-CO | Quarry Fire | Fire | 1 | PAHM | — |
| Aug 6, 2025 | FM-5603-CO | Lee Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | — |
| Aug 6, 2025 | FM-5604-CO | Elk Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | — |
| Aug 11, 2025 | FM-5606-CO | Oak Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | — |
| Jun 29, 2026 | FM-5642-CO | Aspen Acres Fire | Fire | 2 | PA | — |
| Jun 30, 2026 | FM-5643-CO | Gold Mountain Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | — |
| Jul 5, 2026 | FM-5644-CO | Willow Fire | Fire | 1 | PA | — |
* Individual Assistance approved plus Public Assistance and Hazard Mitigation obligated, for declarations where OpenFEMA publishes totals; as reported on October 29, 2026. Programs: IHP — Individuals and Households, IA — Individual Assistance, PA — Public Assistance, HM — Hazard Mitigation.