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Major disaster

DR-1624-TX: Extreme Wildfire Threat

Major disaster declaration for Texas, declared 01/11/2006 for a fire. Covers 254 designated areas.

Not an official notice. Follow FEMA and local authorities. In an emergency, call 911.

Declared
01/11/2006
Incident began
11/27/2005
Incident ended
05/14/2006
Areas
254

Programs approved

Which kinds of FEMA aid this declaration opened

  • Individuals & HouseholdsGrants to households for temporary housing, repairs and other needs
  • Individual AssistanceAid for people and families in older declarations
  • Public AssistanceFunds to repair public infrastructure such as roads, schools and utilities
  • Hazard MitigationFunds to reduce future risk, such as elevating homes or buyouts

People in approved areas can apply at DisasterAssistance.gov or call 1-800-621-3362.

Designated areas

Counties, parishes, tribal areas or statewide

AreaAddedPrograms
Anderson County01/11/2006IHIAPAHM
Andrews County01/11/2006PAHM
Angelina County01/11/2006PAHM
Aransas County01/11/2006PAHM
Archer County01/11/2006PAHM
Armstrong County01/11/2006PAHM
Atascosa County01/11/2006PAHM
Austin County01/11/2006PAHM
Bailey County01/11/2006PAHM
Bandera County01/11/2006PAHM
Bastrop County01/11/2006IHIAPAHM
Baylor County01/11/2006PAHM
Bee County01/11/2006PAHM
Bell County01/11/2006PAHM
Bexar County01/11/2006PAHM
Blanco County01/11/2006PAHM
Borden County01/11/2006PAHM
Bosque County01/11/2006PAHM
Bowie County01/11/2006PAHM
Brazoria County01/11/2006PAHM
Brazos County01/11/2006PAHM
Brewster County01/11/2006PAHM
Briscoe County01/11/2006PAHM
Brooks County01/11/2006PAHM
Brown County01/11/2006PAHM
Burleson County01/11/2006PAHM
Burnet County01/11/2006PAHM
Caldwell County01/11/2006IHIAPAHM
Calhoun County01/11/2006PAHM
Callahan County01/11/2006IHIAPAHM
Cameron County01/11/2006PAHM
Camp County01/11/2006PAHM
Carson County01/11/2006PAHM
Cass County01/11/2006PAHM
Castro County01/11/2006PAHM
Chambers County01/11/2006PAHM
Cherokee County01/11/2006PAHM
Childress County01/11/2006PAHM
Clay County01/11/2006PAHM
Cochran County01/11/2006PAHM
Coke County01/11/2006PAHM
Coleman County01/11/2006PAHM
Collin County01/11/2006PAHM
Collingsworth County01/11/2006PAHM
Colorado County01/11/2006PAHM
Comal County01/11/2006PAHM
Comanche County01/11/2006PAHM
Concho County01/11/2006PAHM
Cooke County01/11/2006IHIAPAHM
Coryell County01/11/2006PAHM
Cottle County01/11/2006PAHM
Crane County01/11/2006PAHM
Crockett County01/11/2006PAHM
Crosby County01/11/2006PAHM
Culberson County01/11/2006PAHM
Dallam County01/11/2006PAHM
Dallas County01/11/2006PAHM
Dawson County01/11/2006PAHM
DeWitt County01/11/2006PAHM
Deaf Smith County01/11/2006IHIAPAHM
Delta County01/11/2006PAHM
Denton County01/11/2006PAHM
Dickens County01/11/2006PAHM
Dimmit County01/11/2006PAHM
Donley County01/11/2006PAHM
Duval County01/11/2006PAHM
Eastland County01/11/2006IHIAPAHM
Ector County01/11/2006PAHM
Edwards County01/11/2006PAHM
El Paso County01/11/2006PAHM
Ellis County01/11/2006PAHM
Erath County01/11/2006IHIAPAHM
Falls County01/11/2006PAHM
Fannin County01/11/2006PAHM
Fayette County01/11/2006PAHM
Fisher County01/11/2006PAHM
Floyd County01/11/2006PAHM
Foard County01/11/2006PAHM
Fort Bend County01/11/2006PAHM
Franklin County01/11/2006PAHM
Freestone County01/11/2006PAHM
Frio County01/11/2006PAHM
Gaines County01/11/2006PAHM
Galveston County01/11/2006PAHM
Garza County01/11/2006PAHM
Gillespie County01/11/2006PAHM
Glasscock County01/11/2006PAHM
Goliad County01/11/2006PAHM
Gonzales County01/11/2006PAHM
Gray County01/11/2006IHIAPAHM
Grayson County01/11/2006PAHM
Gregg County01/11/2006PAHM
Grimes County01/11/2006PAHM
Guadalupe County01/11/2006IHIAPAHM
Hale County01/11/2006PAHM
Hall County01/11/2006PAHM
Hamilton County01/11/2006PAHM
Hansford County01/11/2006PAHM
Hardeman County01/11/2006PAHM
Hardin County01/11/2006PAHM
Harris County01/11/2006PAHM
Harrison County01/11/2006PAHM
Hartley County01/11/2006PAHM
Haskell County01/11/2006PAHM
Hays County01/11/2006PAHM
Hemphill County01/11/2006PAHM
Henderson County01/11/2006PAHM
Hidalgo County01/11/2006PAHM
Hill County01/11/2006PAHM
Hockley County01/11/2006PAHM
Hood County01/11/2006IHIAPAHM
Hopkins County01/11/2006PAHM
Houston County01/11/2006PAHM
Howard County01/11/2006PAHM
Hudspeth County01/11/2006PAHM
Hunt County01/11/2006PAHM
Hutchinson County01/11/2006IHIAPAHM
Irion County01/11/2006PAHM
Jack County01/11/2006PAHM
Jackson County01/11/2006PAHM
Jasper County01/11/2006PAHM
Jeff Davis County01/11/2006PAHM
Jefferson County01/11/2006PAHM
Jim Hogg County01/11/2006PAHM
Jim Wells County01/11/2006PAHM
Johnson County01/11/2006IHIAPAHM
Jones County01/11/2006PAHM
Karnes County01/11/2006PAHM
Kaufman County01/11/2006PAHM
Kendall County01/11/2006PAHM
Kenedy County01/11/2006PAHM
Kent County01/11/2006PAHM
Kerr County01/11/2006IHIAPAHM
Kimble County01/11/2006PAHM
King County01/11/2006PAHM
Kinney County01/11/2006PAHM
Kleberg County01/11/2006PAHM
Knox County01/11/2006PAHM
La Salle County01/11/2006PAHM
Lamar County01/11/2006PAHM
Lamb County01/11/2006PAHM
Lampasas County01/11/2006PAHM
Lavaca County01/11/2006PAHM
Lee County01/11/2006PAHM
Leon County01/11/2006PAHM
Liberty County01/11/2006PAHM
Limestone County01/11/2006PAHM
Lipscomb County01/11/2006PAHM
Live Oak County01/11/2006PAHM
Llano County01/11/2006PAHM
Loving County01/11/2006PAHM
Lubbock County01/11/2006PAHM
Lynn County01/11/2006PAHM
Madison County01/11/2006PAHM
Marion County01/11/2006PAHM
Martin County01/11/2006PAHM
Mason County01/11/2006PAHM
Matagorda County01/11/2006PAHM
Maverick County01/11/2006PAHM
McCulloch County01/11/2006PAHM
McLennan County01/11/2006PAHM
McMullen County01/11/2006PAHM
Medina County01/11/2006PAHM
Menard County01/11/2006PAHM
Midland County01/11/2006PAHM
Milam County01/11/2006PAHM
Mills County01/11/2006PAHM
Mitchell County01/11/2006PAHM
Montague County01/11/2006IHIAPAHM
Montgomery County01/11/2006PAHM
Moore County01/11/2006PAHM
Morris County01/11/2006PAHM
Motley County01/11/2006PAHM
Nacogdoches County01/11/2006PAHM
Navarro County01/11/2006PAHM
Newton County01/11/2006PAHM
Nolan County01/11/2006PAHM
Nueces County01/11/2006PAHM
Ochiltree County01/11/2006PAHM
Oldham County01/11/2006PAHM
Orange County01/11/2006PAHM
Palo Pinto County01/11/2006IHIAPAHM
Panola County01/11/2006PAHM
Parker County01/11/2006IHIAPAHM
Parmer County01/11/2006PAHM
Pecos County01/11/2006PAHM
Polk County01/11/2006PAHM
Potter County01/11/2006IHIAPAHM
Presidio County01/11/2006PAHM
Rains County01/11/2006PAHM
Randall County01/11/2006PAHM
Reagan County01/11/2006PAHM
Real County01/11/2006PAHM
Red River County01/11/2006PAHM
Reeves County01/11/2006PAHM
Refugio County01/11/2006PAHM
Roberts County01/11/2006IHIAPAHM
Robertson County01/11/2006PAHM
Rockwall County01/11/2006PAHM
Runnels County01/11/2006PAHM
Rusk County01/11/2006PAHM
Sabine County01/11/2006PAHM
San Augustine County01/11/2006PAHM
San Jacinto County01/11/2006PAHM
San Patricio County01/11/2006PAHM
San Saba County01/11/2006PAHM
Schleicher County01/11/2006PAHM
Scurry County01/11/2006PAHM
Shackelford County01/11/2006PAHM
Shelby County01/11/2006PAHM
Sherman County01/11/2006PAHM
Smith County01/11/2006PAHM
Somervell County01/11/2006PAHM
Starr County01/11/2006PAHM
Stephens County01/11/2006PAHM
Sterling County01/11/2006PAHM
Stonewall County01/11/2006PAHM
Sutton County01/11/2006PAHM
Swisher County01/11/2006PAHM
Tarrant County01/11/2006IHIAPAHM
Taylor County01/11/2006PAHM
Terrell County01/11/2006PAHM
Terry County01/11/2006PAHM
Throckmorton County01/11/2006PAHM
Titus County01/11/2006PAHM
Tom Green County01/11/2006PAHM
Travis County01/11/2006PAHM
Trinity County01/11/2006PAHM
Tyler County01/11/2006PAHM
Upshur County01/11/2006PAHM
Upton County01/11/2006PAHM
Uvalde County01/11/2006PAHM
Val Verde County01/11/2006PAHM
Van Zandt County01/11/2006PAHM
Victoria County01/11/2006PAHM
Walker County01/11/2006PAHM
Waller County01/11/2006PAHM
Ward County01/11/2006PAHM
Washington County01/11/2006PAHM
Webb County01/11/2006PAHM
Wharton County01/11/2006PAHM
Wheeler County01/11/2006IHIAPAHM
Wichita County01/11/2006PAHM
Wilbarger County01/11/2006PAHM
Willacy County01/11/2006PAHM
Williamson County01/11/2006PAHM
Wilson County01/11/2006PAHM
Winkler County01/11/2006PAHM
Wise County01/11/2006IHIAPAHM
Wood County01/11/2006PAHM
Yoakum County01/11/2006PAHM
Young County01/11/2006PAHM
Zapata County01/11/2006PAHM
Zavala County01/11/2006PAHM

IH: Individuals and Households. IA: Individual Assistance. PA: Public Assistance. HM: Hazard Mitigation.

Declaration details

FEMA number
DR-1624-TX
Type
Major disaster
Incident type
Fire
Title
Extreme Wildfire Threat
Individual Assistance deadline
05/30/2006
Closed out
10/14/2015

The President declares a major disaster when damage is beyond what state and local governments can handle. It can open individual aid for households and public assistance for repairs.

FEMA page for DR-1624-TX

Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries · Last updated 10/27/2026

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