FEMA Disaster Declarations — Colorado
The most recent FEMA declaration for Colorado is DR-4944-CO (Wildfires, Flooding, and Mudslides), a major disaster declaration made on 1 September 2026 for 4 areas. It does not include assistance for individual households. Colorado has had 7 declarations in the last two years.
Wildfires, Flooding, and Mudslides DR-4944-CO
Major disaster · Fire · declared 1 Sep 2026 · incident began 27 Jun 2026
Public Assistance
4 designated areas: Ouray (County), Custer (County), Dolores (County), Pueblo (County)
Willow Fire FM-5644-CO
Fire management · Fire · declared 5 Jul 2026 · incident began 5 Jul 2026
Public Assistance
1 designated area: Lake (County)
Gold Mountain Fire FM-5643-CO
Fire management · Fire · declared 30 Jun 2026 · incident began 30 Jun 2026
Public Assistance
1 designated area: Ouray (County)
Aspen Acres Fire FM-5642-CO
Fire management · Fire · declared 29 Jun 2026 · incident began 29 Jun 2026
Public Assistance
2 designated areas: Pueblo (County), Custer (County)
Oak Fire FM-5606-CO
Fire management · Fire · declared 11 Aug 2025 · incident began 10 Aug 2025
Public Assistance
1 designated area: Archuleta (County)
Elk Fire FM-5604-CO
Fire management · Fire · declared 6 Aug 2025 · incident began 2 Aug 2025
Public Assistance
1 designated area: Rio Blanco (County)
Lee Fire FM-5603-CO
Fire management · Fire · declared 6 Aug 2025 · incident began 2 Aug 2025
Public Assistance
1 designated area: Rio Blanco (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).