FEMA Disaster Declarations — Arkansas
The most recent FEMA declaration for Arkansas is FM-5676-AR (Bunker Fire), a fire management declaration made on 15 September 2026 for 2 areas. It does not include assistance for individual households. Arkansas has had 6 declarations in the last two years.
Bunker Fire FM-5676-AR
Fire management · Fire · declared 15 Sep 2026 · incident began 14 Sep 2026
Public Assistance
2 designated areas: Ouachita (County), Calhoun (County)
Pine Tree Road Fire FM-5673-AR
Fire management · Fire · declared 21 Aug 2026 · incident began 21 Aug 2026
Public Assistance
1 designated area: Union (County)
Severe Winter Storm EM-3636-AR
Emergency · Winter Storm · declared 24 Jan 2026 · incident began 23 Jan 2026
Public Assistance
75 designated areas: White (County), Nevada (County), Carroll (County), Madison (County), Lee (County), Ashley (County), Yell (County), Drew (County), Stone (County), Cleveland (County), Phillips (County), Montgomery (County), Van Buren (County), Fulton (County), Ouachita (County), Polk (County), Washington (County), Cross (County), Dallas (County), Baxter (County), Cleburne (County), Conway (County), Jackson (County), Sevier (County), Saline (County), Sebastian (County), Monroe (County), Pulaski (County), Hempstead (County), Izard (County), Poinsett (County), Independence (County), Newton (County), Mississippi (County), Marion (County), Desha (County), Sharp (County), Benton (County), Pope (County), Garland (County), Calhoun (County), Pike (County), Perry (County), Lincoln (County), Boone (County), Clark (County), Randolph (County), Searcy (County), Lafayette (County), Hot Spring (County), Prairie (County), Faulkner (County), Lawrence (County), Woodruff (County), Craighead (County), Crittenden (County), Columbia (County), Franklin (County), Arkansas (County), Chicot (County), Logan (County), Union (County), Greene (County), Bradley (County), Crawford (County), Howard (County), Scott (County), Little River (County), Grant (County), Clay (County), Jefferson (County), St. Francis (County), Lonoke (County), Johnson (County), Miller (County)
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding DR-4873-AR
Major disaster · Flood · declared 21 May 2025 · incident began 2 Apr 2025
Households can apply Public Assistance
41 designated areas: Crittenden (County), Lonoke (County), Miller (County), Greene (County), Lawrence (County), Lafayette (County), Fulton (County), Ouachita (County), Montgomery (County), Saline (County), Sevier (County), Little River (County), Clark (County), St. Francis (County), Mississippi (County), Scott (County), Pike (County), Newton (County), Randolph (County), Nevada (County), Hempstead (County), Stone (County), Pulaski (County), White (County), Hot Spring (County), Poinsett (County), Sharp (County), Woodruff (County), Cross (County), Craighead (County), Prairie (County), Clay (County), Lee (County), Dallas (County), Izard (County), Monroe (County), Marion (County), Searcy (County), Jackson (County), Desha (County), Garland (County)
Severe Storms and Tornadoes DR-4865-AR
Major disaster · Severe Storm · declared 8 May 2025 · incident began 14 Mar 2025
Households can apply
9 designated areas: Independence (County), Greene (County), Sharp (County), Randolph (County), Hot Spring (County), Stone (County), Lawrence (County), Jackson (County), Izard (County)
Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding EM-3627-AR
Emergency · Severe Storm · declared 5 Apr 2025 · incident began 2 Apr 2025
Public Assistance
75 designated areas: Pike (County), Pope (County), Woodruff (County), Faulkner (County), Madison (County), Desha (County), Cleburne (County), Searcy (County), Ashley (County), Logan (County), Greene (County), Boone (County), Drew (County), Conway (County), Lee (County), Scott (County), Hot Spring (County), Dallas (County), Sharp (County), Calhoun (County), Nevada (County), Garland (County), Pulaski (County), Ouachita (County), Jackson (County), Crittenden (County), Newton (County), Columbia (County), Crawford (County), Sevier (County), Stone (County), Clark (County), Polk (County), Phillips (County), Sebastian (County), Chicot (County), Fulton (County), Howard (County), Monroe (County), Lafayette (County), Saline (County), Van Buren (County), Lonoke (County), Carroll (County), Poinsett (County), Hempstead (County), Independence (County), Randolph (County), Arkansas (County), Yell (County), Lawrence (County), Washington (County), Grant (County), Bradley (County), Prairie (County), Cleveland (County), Benton (County), Clay (County), Craighead (County), Cross (County), Miller (County), Jefferson (County), Mississippi (County), Baxter (County), Izard (County), Lincoln (County), Marion (County), Union (County), Montgomery (County), St. Francis (County), Franklin (County), Little River (County), Johnson (County), Perry (County), White (County)
What a declaration means for you
- Major disaster (DR) unlocks the widest federal help; emergency (EM) covers protective measures, usually before or during an event; fire management (FM) pays firefighting costs.
- "Households can apply" means Individual Assistance: if your county is listed, apply at DisasterAssistance.gov, in the FEMA App or on 1-800-621-3362.
- Counties are often added days or weeks after the first declaration — check back if yours is missing.
- Beware of scams: FEMA staff never charge a fee to apply or to inspect your home.
What this page shows, and what it misses
Presidential disaster, emergency and fire management declarations from FEMA's open data, grouped from one row per designated area into one entry per declaration. Two years are shown for a state. State-level declarations and Small Business Administration or USDA disaster designations are separate and not listed here.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), OpenFEMA Dataset: Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2, retrieved from https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries on October 18, 2026, 10:26 PM EDT. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).