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DR-4485-TX: COVID-19 Pandemic

Major disaster declaration for Texas, declared 03/25/2020 for a biological. Covers 257 designated areas.

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

Declared
03/25/2020
Incident began
01/20/2020
Incident ended
05/11/2023
Areas
257

Programs approved

Which kinds of FEMA aid this declaration opened

  • Individuals & HouseholdsGrants to households for temporary housing, repairs and other needs
  • 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
Alabama Coushatta Tribe of Texas03/25/2020IHPAHM
Anderson County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Andrews County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Angelina County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Aransas County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Archer County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Armstrong County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Atascosa County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Austin County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Bailey County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Bandera County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Bastrop County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Baylor County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Bee County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Bell County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Bexar County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Blanco County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Borden County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Bosque County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Bowie County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Brazoria County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Brazos County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Brewster County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Briscoe County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Brooks County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Brown County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Burleson County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Burnet County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Caldwell County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Calhoun County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Callahan County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Cameron County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Camp County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Carson County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Cass County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Castro County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Chambers County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Cherokee County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Childress County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Clay County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Cochran County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Coke County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Coleman County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Collin County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Collingsworth County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Colorado County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Comal County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Comanche County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Concho County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Cooke County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Coryell County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Cottle County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Crane County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Crockett County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Crosby County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Culberson County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Dallam County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Dallas County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Dawson County03/25/2020IHPAHM
DeWitt County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Deaf Smith County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Delta County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Denton County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Dickens County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Dimmit County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Donley County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Duval County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Eastland County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Ector County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Edwards County03/25/2020IHPAHM
El Paso County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Ellis County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Erath County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Falls County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Fannin County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Fayette County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Fisher County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Floyd County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Foard County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Fort Bend County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Franklin County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Freestone County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Frio County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Gaines County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Galveston County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Garza County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Gillespie County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Glasscock County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Goliad County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Gonzales County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Gray County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Grayson County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Gregg County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Grimes County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Guadalupe County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Hale County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Hall County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Hamilton County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Hansford County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Hardeman County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Hardin County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Harris County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Harrison County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Hartley County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Haskell County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Hays County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Hemphill County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Henderson County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Hidalgo County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Hill County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Hockley County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Hood County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Hopkins County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Houston County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Howard County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Hudspeth County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Hunt County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Hutchinson County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Irion County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Jack County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Jackson County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Jasper County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Jeff Davis County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Jefferson County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Jim Hogg County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Jim Wells County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Johnson County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Jones County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Karnes County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Kaufman County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Kendall County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Kenedy County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Kent County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Kerr County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Kickapoo Reservation03/25/2020IHPAHM
Kimble County03/25/2020IHPAHM
King County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Kinney County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Kleberg County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Knox County03/25/2020IHPAHM
La Salle County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Lamar County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Lamb County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Lampasas County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Lavaca County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Lee County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Leon County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Liberty County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Limestone County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Lipscomb County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Live Oak County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Llano County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Loving County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Lubbock County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Lynn County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Madison County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Marion County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Martin County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Mason County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Matagorda County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Maverick County03/25/2020IHPAHM
McCulloch County03/25/2020IHPAHM
McLennan County03/25/2020IHPAHM
McMullen County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Medina County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Menard County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Midland County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Milam County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Mills County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Mitchell County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Montague County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Montgomery County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Moore County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Morris County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Motley County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Nacogdoches County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Navarro County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Newton County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Nolan County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Nueces County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Ochiltree County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Oldham County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Orange County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Palo Pinto County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Panola County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Parker County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Parmer County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Pecos County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Polk County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Potter County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Presidio County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Rains County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Randall County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Reagan County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Real County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Red River County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Reeves County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Refugio County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Roberts County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Robertson County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Rockwall County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Runnels County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Rusk County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Sabine County03/25/2020IHPAHM
San Augustine County03/25/2020IHPAHM
San Jacinto County03/25/2020IHPAHM
San Patricio County03/25/2020IHPAHM
San Saba County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Schleicher County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Scurry County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Shackelford County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Shelby County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Sherman County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Smith County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Somervell County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Starr County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Stephens County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Sterling County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Stonewall County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Sutton County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Swisher County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Tarrant County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Taylor County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Terrell County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Terry County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Throckmorton County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Titus County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Tom Green County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Travis County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Trinity County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Tyler County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Upshur County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Upton County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Uvalde County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Val Verde County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Van Zandt County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Victoria County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Walker County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Waller County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Ward County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Washington County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Webb County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Wharton County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Wheeler County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Wichita County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Wilbarger County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Willacy County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Williamson County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Wilson County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Winkler County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Wise County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Wood County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Yoakum County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Young County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (Indian Reservation)03/25/2020IHPAHM
Zapata County03/25/2020IHPAHM
Zavala County03/25/2020IHPAHM

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

Declaration details

FEMA number
DR-4485-TX
Type
Major disaster
Incident type
Biological
Title
COVID-19 Pandemic
Individual Assistance deadline
09/30/2025

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-4485-TX

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

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