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FEMA Disaster Declarations — Utah

The most recent FEMA declaration for Utah is DR-4948-UT (Cottonwood Fire, Flooding, and Mudslides), a major disaster declaration made on 7 October 2026 for 2 areas. It does not include assistance for individual households. Utah has had 9 declarations in the last two years.

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Cottonwood Fire, Flooding, and Mudslides DR-4948-UT

Major disaster · Flood · declared 7 Oct 2026 · incident began 13 Jul 2026

Public Assistance

2 designated areas: Piute (County), Beaver (County)

FEMA page for DR-4948-UT ↗

Rocky Canyon Fire FM-5665-UT

Fire management · Fire · declared 9 Aug 2026 · incident began 9 Aug 2026

Public Assistance

2 designated areas: Summit (County), Morgan (County)

FEMA page for FM-5665-UT ↗

Widemouth 2 Fire FM-5661-UT

Fire management · Fire · declared 2 Aug 2026 · incident began 2 Aug 2026

Public Assistance

1 designated area: Millard (County)

FEMA page for FM-5661-UT ↗

Cherry Fire FM-5641-UT

Fire management · Fire · declared 27 Jun 2026 · incident began 27 Jun 2026

Public Assistance

2 designated areas: Tooele (County), Juab (County)

FEMA page for FM-5641-UT ↗

Cottonwood Fire FM-5640-UT

Fire management · Fire · declared 23 Jun 2026 · incident began 22 Jun 2026

Public Assistance

1 designated area: Beaver (County)

FEMA page for FM-5640-UT ↗

Iron Fire FM-5639-UT

Fire management · Fire · declared 21 Jun 2026 · incident began 19 Jun 2026

Public Assistance

3 designated areas: Juab (County), Utah (County), Tooele (County)

FEMA page for FM-5639-UT ↗

Monroe Canyon Fire FM-5600-UT

Fire management · Fire · declared 16 Jul 2025 · incident began 13 Jul 2025

Public Assistance

2 designated areas: Sevier (County), Piute (County)

FEMA page for FM-5600-UT ↗

Deer Creek Fire FM-5598-UT

Fire management · Fire · declared 12 Jul 2025 · incident began 10 Jul 2025

Public Assistance

1 designated area: San Juan (County)

FEMA page for FM-5598-UT ↗

Forsyth Fire FM-5591-UT

Fire management · Fire · declared 20 Jun 2025 · incident began 19 Jun 2025

Public Assistance Hazard Mitigation

1 designated area: Washington (County)

FEMA page for FM-5591-UT ↗

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, 10:24 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).